Travelogue 2: Roma, Italia~ (9th April 2014)

Rome is beautiful. I watched the view of the city streets and I can never felt happier seeing the sun because Manchester was all gloomy and depressing. Seeing the sun reminded me of Malaysia. I miss,you heat! I am beginning to appreciate you even more. I finally get to put on my shades which was berabuk in my closet.
We arrived at Rome Fiumicino (Terminal 2) via easyJet. Because we fly from Prague, (Czech Republic) so it is within Schengen Area, like traveling domestically between Euro countries, we didn't have to go through passport checks, we went straight to baggage claim area.


Roma Pass
We bought the Tourist pass at the Tourist Center inside the airport itself, near the baggage claim area (depends where you landed, supposedly all airports have Tourist Center. The tourist pass which is the Roma Pass is a 3 day travel pass worth €36 that can be used for all metro trains and access  to selected main attractions in Rome. We used this pass to enter Colosseum, Villa Borghese and Roman Forum. To me, I think it's worth it where you don't have to go through the long queue (approximately 2 hours) at the Colosseum entrance, but you can always check other's opinion on Tripadvisor to check whether it's worth it or not.
Again, I think it's worth it considering that you will use that pass for traveling around Rome without thinking of buying separate tickets for the transportation and for the entrance of the tourist spots.
I actually saw these passes were sold for €28 when we were at Termini Station. So I think it is based on your luck whether you can get it cheaper or not. BUT be careful when they're selling it cheap because they might be fake ones.

Airport Transfers
As for the airport transfers to the town, we took Schiaffini for €6 single trip or €8 return. I don't want to recommend this because the frequency of the bus is once every hour! Bloody late! Take Terra Vision instead. You can get the tickets at the airport, there were rows of booths selling airport transfers just like we used to had at the LCCT. Oh! Did I not tell you the locals are manipulative if not liars? The guy at the Tourist Center claimed that we could get to pay only €4 with the Roma Pass. That didn't happened.

Travelogue 1: Prague, Czech Republic (8th April 2014)

This is the beginning of my travel chapter and although I've traveled quite a lot. Like in Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, etc. Unfortunately I didn't put that down in journal and I let the memories slipped away~

So this is my Spring Break 2014 trip with my MARA friends before coming back to slave ourselves to dissertation. T.T


I'd start off with my trip to Prague. I arrived in Prague at 19:00-ish local time, April 8th, 2014. I only stayed a night in Prague like a transit before I embarked my Spring break journey to Italy, France & Monaco. It was my Spring break vacation with my girl friends but I arrived Prague Václav Havel Airport alone as the rest of them went earlier for Germany trip. Was the first person to queue at "All Passport" counter as the rest were queuing EU Passport line.

The guy behind the immigration counter didn't even ask my intention to come to Czech, are you not curious? Out of curiosity, isn't it a customary practice for an immigration officer to asks our intention coming to their country? I'm just saying.

Walking out of the airport and find ways to get to the city was another challenge if you travel alone. If I didn't print out the direction to Sir Toby Hostel, I'd get lost in an unknown world. But since I've traveled to Berlin before, somehow I find Czech's systems of transportation was somewhat similar to Berlin, that I miraculously able to gauge on how to get myself around Prague City with buses and tramps. I actually get to ride on the old school tramps like the ones in karaoke videos. Cool! Another bucket list checked.

One crummy thing just happened was my both Three (UK) and Maxis (Malaysian) phone line couldn't roam. And walking to from the tramp stop to the hostel was a bit dark and creepy with not many people around in the streets. But I managed to find my way to the hostel alone without my Three & Maxis line and reunited with my friends there.

The hostel is okay, the pantry is shared with other guests. I chatted and hung out with Mike, an America, and I reckon he's stoned, because he flirted with me but he's alright.

The backyard of Sir Toby's Hostel

In the tramp heading to the airport.

However, my stay in Prague was just a short one as we went travel to Rome the next day. So I didn't get to see the beauty of Prague as what most people "gembar gemburkan". If I had the chance to go  there again, I would.

Next stop, Rome!

 Helpful links:

1.  Transportation: Prague Transportation
2. Accommodation: www.booking.com (my best friend)Booking.com
3. Wanna check out more Prague photos, check out my friend's blog: Life as Schuzzy
4. What to do in Prague? Discover Prague