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We are Indonesian-Dutch couple, married in 2002, resident of Utrecht - The Netherlands, have one spoiled dog named Milo and one "gonna be spoiled" baby Isabelle. This webpage mainly is use to share our story and pictures to our family and friends. But of course we always welcome for new friends. The idea of this webpage is to share our story and pictures to our family and friends.

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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Italy 2006 - part 1

Day 1:

Leaving later than we planned because we don't hear the alarm. Riding through 5 different countries.... started with Belgium then Germany and then France back to Germany again then Switzerland and finally Italy. We stopped many time to get some restfrom the whole time sitting, a bit walking for us and of course also for Milo.

Milo sat quite comfortable with the seat belt.... A bit whining at first because he wants to sit in front with me. He kept changing position, try to find the comfortbale position.... at the end, he can find a good position and sleep nicely through the whole trip. Some positions are even looks too comfortable

nggak senonoh banget yaks hihih

yawning!!!



We arrive a bit late then we expected because of the speed limits in Switzerland, they do a lot of street maintenance so at many places we have to drive only 60 to 80 km per hour. We arrived in Norcenni Girasole Club, located in small city, Figlini Val dArno outside Florence/Firenze, we went to the reception and get the keys to our rented apartment. It located in resort complex. Our appartment is an old big house that divided into few small apartments. Ours is half located in cellar. Its very unique. The main door and small kitchen is on the same height as the street but our bedroom is half in the ground. One toilet upstairs and one bathroom+toilet in bedroom.

the appartment building, ours is located in the back

our bedroom viewed from kitchen/living room

the other way around, kitchen viewed from bedroom

meneer bikin sarapan



We dont have much time to explore the whole area. But what we saw on the brochure was quite promising. It is like a small village here with their own market and shopping center and restaurants. We ordered pizza for dinner and bring it back to the apartment. Het was lekker!!!! Somebody told me that if you ever taste a pizza in Italy even its only from street vendor and not from expensive restaurant, you would never want to eat other pizza. And I just prove that! Hmmm yummmy





Day 2:

As I said before our bedroom is located in such a way that its half way under the street level. And we closed our window to minimize noises for Milos sake (he barks every times he heard noises, such a guard dog hehehe). The result is, we dont woke up till 9.30 am hehehe.... But hey! Thats what holiday is for! Wake up late...indeed. I open the window a bit to get sun and a bit fresh air and back to bed.... Until 11.30 am.... Hehehe

view from our window



We walked around a bit, checking for places where Milo can do his number 1 and number 2. Made some pictures of the area.... got to the supermarket, bought waters, cola, ice tea... and having brunch.... Back to the apartment...and as I wrote this note, Milo and Dimitri are sleeping again.... As the old saying; When youre in Rome, do like the Rome... yeah baby!!!! Siesta time...... it is normal in here that everything closed down between 13.30 15.30, offices/restaurants/shops/etc. I read that it getting less in big city but in small town they still do that.

ready to explore the city



After nap, we went down to the shopping center and had pizza again for late lunch. Then we rode to Florence or Firenze (Italian name), its about 24 km from here. We planned to explore Florence tomorrow or day after tomorrow but Dimitri just wants to make sure he can find place to park in the center. By the way, do you know that Florence is used to be the capital of Italy, back 19th century, between 1862 - 1871.

The minute we arrived in Florence, I felt home hehehe its totally like Indonesia. The traffic, the people that hanging around, the street vendors. Its a mess compared to the neat Netherlands but I love it! The traffic made Dimitri crazy; cars stopped in the middle of the street to load passenger or just talk to someone on the street; drivers cut each others, motorcycles try to squeeze them self in between the cars, horns all the time..... its a totally mess but its my kind of mess. Florence is just like Jakarta/Surabaya with extra beautiful buildings. I would love to live here.....

Guess what we had for dinner???? Yep... pizza!!!
to be continued




Comments:
Blogger Mutiara said...

Gue pingin banget deh bisa pergi ke Italy lagi. Cita2 gue nih mau travelling around Italy mulai dari Rome sampai si Sicily, pasti enak tuch. # at 20/9/06 04:29

 

Blogger sili frebrian said...

ra, bener ga sich italy itu banyak copetnya? jd kudu hati2 kalo travelling soale mrk doyannya ngerjain turis. anyway, biarpun begitu, gw tetep ngiler pengen kesana someday. # at 20/9/06 07:36

 

Blogger We-win said...

Ra, si Milo enak banget tuh kayaknya....hehehehe......btw nyewa satu apartemen itu berapa Ra? mahal mana kalo tinggal di hotel or motel?......belagu ya? kayak mo kesana aja....hehehehe......tapi ga pa2 kan buat pengetahuan.....*wink*

penasaran pengen lanjutannya nih....^_^ # at 20/9/06 07:58

 

Blogger Yulia said...

Gila banged wkt gw di Verona (deket gardameer tempat yg gw nginepin taun lalu) makan pizza di eet cafe, murah cm 5 euro..pas bayar lah kok banyak banged..taunya si frisdranken satu gelasnya 5 euro...mana kita nambah terus minumnya (abis panas sih)..wakakakakakk..udah2xannya ya ngakak aja dah.

Eh mbak yu, kln lewat Zwitserland to? gile..gak lewatin tunnel yg panjang itu? Kita lewat Oostenrijk mang agak jauh tp bisa ngebuttt..tarik mang..kekekekekkk.. # at 20/9/06 08:55

 

Blogger Yenny Lesly said...

Ra, si MIlo...hehehe.... minta ampun! Doi umur berapa sih sekarang? trus dah toilet training belon? soalnya daku paling jarang mau punya doggy cowok coz semua-mua dipipisin :((
Enaknya Milo dah ke Italy, sementara gw cuma ke Pizza HUT doang :(( # at 20/9/06 12:51

 

Blogger sili frebrian said...

ra, mo nanya. kok foto nya milo di ID bisa kedip2 sich? kocak bgt. ajarin doooonk..... # at 20/9/06 15:36

 

Blogger Ira said...

@Muti: ayo dong kesini... ntar mampir ke belanda... *lho jauhnya hihihi*

@Sili: katanya buku guide yang gue baca sih gitu, terus di tempat-tempat umum juga ada pengumuman untuk be careful gitu... tapi sejauh pengalaman gue sih, Puji Tuhan aman aman aja.... copetny apada tau kali... ini orang dari third world hihih isinya dompetnya surat-surat utang doang hehehe
Si Milo emang main mata hehehe, bikin pake gif animator... kalo mau gue kirim programnya, tapi programnya bajakan hehehe pake crack gitu

@Win: murah appartment kemana-mana dari hotel.. harganya lupa.. ntar gue liat di bon ya hehehe

@Yulia: iya, kita lewat Zwitzerland, abis dimitri beli autovignetnya cuman buat Swiss doang... buat Oosterijknya kagak beli.... payah emang tuh tunnel, pas pulang kita kena macet disana 2 jam :(

@Yenny: Milo udah tuwir , udah 3 tahun... bodynya aja yang kaya puppy, mana tidurnya mekangkang gitu hehehe dia udah potty training, sehari 3 kali doang keluar jalan # at 20/9/06 16:15

 

Blogger Ria said...

asik ya ir sewa apartemen gitu daripada hotel, bisa masak2 (gayaaa wong gak isa masak ae). tp maksude lebih santai gitu. en lucu ya kamare dibawah gitu. aku pingin lho ke italy, blm pernah. # at 20/9/06 20:16

 

Blogger ema said...

aih..gezellig banget Ra..emang enak ya,kalo bisa masak segala..lebih irit heheheh..nggak deh,kadang2 jg bosan makan diluar!foto2 lainnya nyusul ya say;-) # at 20/9/06 23:20

 

Blogger Yenny Lesly said...

ke rumah lo masih terpampang Milo yang lagi mekangkang...qiqiqi...suseh ya rumah lo gak ada tempat tereak2 buat orang sutris keik gw, jadi kalo gw mampir elo belon update, gw gak punya tempat buat tereak-tereak...a....u...ooooooo....:)) # at 21/9/06 18:07

 

Blogger susie said...

Hallo Ira ,

Tadi siang aku ngintip lagi ke blogmu ( Waktu si kelvin bobo ), biar tahu lebih banyak ttg kamu ( juga Dimitri) , so nanti kalo kita ketemuan kamu nggak cape-cape musti ceritain dr awal sampe ahkir ....ketemuanya makan - makan bareng aja..Hehehehe ....jadikan ke rumahku ?

salam
Susie # at 21/9/06 19:38

 

Blogger Tiwi said...

bagus yach apartemennya, enakan gitu bisa masak2 sendiri. # at 25/9/06 18:28

 

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