Glittery... 

Holy! 

Intricate ceiling 

The weight on their shoulders... 

Olomouc town hall. I'm in a freakin' fairy tale, man! 

Another shot of the town hall 

Another another shot of the town hall 

Clowning around Caesar's Fountain 

The astronomical clock! But er... which one shows the correct time huh?? 

Streets of Olomouc. Classy! 

There it stands in the distance, The Holy Trinity Column, which is also on the UNESCO List of World Cultural Heritage 

Let's get closer to the column, shall we? 

Brrrrr! 

This is the closest I can get to the column. Nice! 

Look at all those details! 

A huge "miniature" of Olomouc 

Reminds me of the Manhattan island... 

Hmm, where's the "You Are Here" marker when you need one? 

Gojira! AAAAAAAAH! 

History peeping through the modern age 

Killing time after the opening concert 

Anyone remembers Pulp Fiction? :D
Vincent: And you know what they call a... a... a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?
Jules: They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with cheese?
Vincent: No man, they got the metric system. They wouldn't know what the f*** a Quarter Pounder is.
Jules: Then what do they call it?
Vincent: They call it a Royale with cheese.
Jules: A Royale with cheese. What do they call a Big Mac?
Vincent: Well, a Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it Le Big-Mac.
Jules: Le Big-Mac. Ha ha ha ha. What do they call a Whopper?
Vincent: I dunno, I didn't go into Burger King. 

A sunset shot of the Trinity Column. 

Tour de Europe! (7/6 - 8/6)

This June, it's an exciting month for me as I've gone to Europe for the Festival of Songs choral competition, held at Olomouc, Czech Republic. I know, I know... the only place in Czech that you heard of is Prague, right? Well, Olomouc is a rather tiny town, but it's definitely not forgettable, as we shall see in the next few posts.

We left Changi at 3am on 7/6 and had to transit at Dubai airport, which was quite an eye-opener coz I have never imagined an Arab country would be this advanced (no offence). 3 hours later, it's off to Vienna!

Since there's no international airport near Olomouc, we had to take a 4-hr bus ride from the airport to Olomouc. The jet lag caught up with us soon after we'd boarded the bus. But what a view to miss! Look at the photos I took along the way and you'd think that I just bought postcards and scanned them!

We arrived at Olomouc in the evening and checked in to Hotel Sigma, a tiny little hotel with 2 elevators that you must never, never overload. How do I know? I found out the hard way when 8 of us took the elevator down and got stuck in the basement! Talk about a good head start for our first day in Europe!

It's me, at 6am Dubai time... 

"Oh Arabian niiiiiiiiiiiiiights..."