Flashback: Las Vegas

I forgot to write about Las Vegas and Los Angeles, how clumsy of me. So, went to Las Vegas for the Magic Market Week, according to its website the largest global marketplace for men and women's apparel, footwear, and sourcing resources. At first I didn't want to pay USA for a visit, cause I thought it would be better to spend my last winter holiday working, which my dad didn't agree so much. Yet there I was, gasping at the grandeur city of Las Vegas. 

We spent the first day taking the Las Vegas Monorail, which is very inconvenient. You have to walk a long way underground the hotels and casino to get on the monorail. 

Sh*tty photos I took with my phone. I didn't bring my Canon to blast off these photos. 

Anywhere I went in Las Vegas seemed like taking a tour of a ride in a theme park where there's "It's a Small World" song playing in the background. You can see Paris, New York, Pyramid and Sphinx from Egypt, even Rome, just along the Vegas Strip.

Ticket for the monorail

Inside the stations

The inconvenient monorail

The mini version of Eiffel and Champs-Élysées

Gordon Ramsay!

New York - New York

MGM Lion

Big Bus Las Vegas and Pyramid in Luxor

A night view of New York - New York, even prettier

First Starbucks in US, with my name written on the cup

Guess who?

For any America's Next Top Model fans, you probably know who's this girl. Yes, Allison Harvard from ANTM All Stars and cycle 12. 

Flashback: Köln

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Reaching Köln

Köln Hauptbanhof

Inside Köln Hauptbanhof

Wrong train to Düsseldorf

Complicated train route

Ladies and gentlemen, my favorite breakfast of the year: cheese and ham and bread. 
Full blog from Düsseldorf to Köln Messe

Lots kind of cheese and ham!

One thing about either French or German breads, they're the best! 

Düsseldorf Ü-bahn

Meet German's any kinds of trains: very pünktlich

Kölner Dom from inside its Bahnhof

Mouthwatering Scheinshaxe

Inside the Köln Messe

Bockwurst (maybe) in the Messe's cafeteria

Next day, still in Köln, and some time off before we went back to Hong Kong from Frankfurt.

The magnificent Kölner Dom

Steakhouse recommended by receptionist

Moooooo

The drink and dessert menu

My favorite: caramel malts beer (or children beer), and dad's beer

Salad, bread, Apfelstrudel (apple pie), beef steak, and lamb chops: Guten Appetit!

Flashback: Bordeaux and Paris

Bordeaux

A simple yet breathtaking city of Bordeaux, famous for its wine and chateaus

Classic Bordeaux

Special menu aujourd'hui: duck with salad and wine sauce , such an "elegant" water, and Cafe Bellini

Bordeaux, the city of wine

Bordeaux city tram

Wine tasting tour in Medoc

I forgot which Chateau is this: Baron Rothschild? *maybe
Correct me in comment if you know :D

Marathon du Medoc

Dad's finishing the race

Louvre

The Smiling Monalisa - pushed my way through for a closer look

Gare du Nord 

The Thalys

Paris to Köln

Flashback: London and Northampton

Thought these photos gone already. Thank goodness.

Time to post all of them. Brace yourselves, taken-by-phone-sh*tty-photos are coming.

Jakarta - Hong Kong - London flights blog

Flight manager wishes us well

Fish and beef steak in The Pier

London

The cramped yet antique hotel

Spicy World

A little joke: the hotel's cashier, who is Indian, with a heavy Indian accent recommended this restaurant. I thought I heard "Spicy War", not "Spicy World".

Don't know which is which, but mouthwatering indeed

On our way to Northampton

Crowds waiting their trains in Euston Station

Northampton, under construction

♥ these muffins

Mongolian kebab? I forgot. Tasty, but huge.

Whether in France or UK, dogs are pretty big

Gatwick Airport to Bordeaux

To Gatwick Airport

Trains in UK are all the same, different color

Flew with EasyJet to Bordeaux