Another post about my incredible trip! This one, a very impromptu weekend trip to a place called Colmar. (They have the artificial one in Bukit Tinggi called Colmar Tropicale, and hell, the original one is definitely more epic!)

So last Friday, I didn’t have class so I went to Hamzah’s place as Faris was there too. We hung out and went drinking at La Viennoise; bought some candies at this candy shop just across the road while having a very neat conversation with the boss about Air Asia; the moments in the pharmacy; and then went walking until the sushi place for a sushi dinner. So, yeah. Very impromptu, came out the idea of me going to Belfort with Hamzah because he asked, and I was like, “Can I invite Sarah?” and they said yes. So after the sushi, I went home and met Sarah and we talked about the plan to Belfort. (and lots more other topics too, )

The next day, we woke up at 6am, walked up to the train station and began our journey to Belfort. The train ride was sweet (I love train rides) now instead of being alone and doing all the thinking, Sarah and I talked, talked all the way from Besancon till we reached Faris’s place. About everything, about how annoyed I am with this particular useless being, and all. Hehehe! So as we reached 16 Rue Scheurer Kestner, rang the doorbell, saw the guys, they got prepared, and we stood down on the dining table and started planning on where we should go. From wanting to go to Strasbourg to taking the risk to go to Basel without passport, from taking the risk to planning to go to Freiburg at the German border. Packed our bags, walked to the train station, took the train to Colmar to then take the bus to Freiburg. So yeah, as usual, lots of good conversations in the train!

Faris & Hamzah

Sarah & Me

We reached Colmar, and we went around taking photos till we got really really hungry. And yeah, we saw my high school junior Cha’On and we even asked him the way to the chinese buffet restaurant! Haha! I know like we should have went to a typical french restaurant to have the regional meal there but no we didn’t!! Buffet was amazing especially the raviolis, oh my god I really want to go there again!! (No worries, they can never beat Malaysian food anyways, haha!) As we were eating, we figured out that we can never make it to the bus station to take the bus to Freiburg, and even if we did have time, we won’t make it back to Belfort either. So we decided to stay in Colmar, see the architecture, take picture, laugh, have fun, and eat frizzy pazzy! Hehehe.

These are how the buildings in Colmar look like! Most of them are made from tough wood, they are colorful and really really stiff! I wonder how can they stay so stable for so long! And that little river there, it’s called La Petite Venice! Well, we don’t have to go to Venice to see the river and the Gondola, we were actually at one now!!

I am really really glad to have went on this impromptu trip. Most importantly, I really love how we can see and learn so much things from each trip we go to, like in this trip I learnt that Franklin Roosevelt was a very important person during his time. I learnt how to like some songs I’ve previously decided to neglect, and I learnt how to enjoy our life better. And of course, the pictures taken symbolize the memories we had during the trip. I will never forget how I got hooked to Katy Perry’s Firework, thanks to Hamzah, the song stayed in my head the whole day and every now and then I would start singing : “Baby you’re a firework” or “Have you ever feel, like a plastic bag” and I think I’ve sang this too : “Baby you’re a plastic bag”! Hahaha!

And, not to forget, I learnt how to prepare delicious food!!

Faris’ super yummy and spicy vegetarian pasta!!

The superb caesar salad!!

And last but not least, the so called chocolate fudge cake!! How I love the melted runny chocolate!!!

When we reached Belfort, we went to L’eclerc to get groceries to prepare our dinner! An awesome dinner after the tired day trip to the prettiest medieval town in France!

Went back home the next day, and finished 17 chapters from that Eat Pray Love book, so that leaves me with 71 more chapters to go!! I hope I can finish it when riding the train from Besancon to Lyon this time, with Sarah! Wednesday is gonna be a day for us! Only us!