Hello!
Merry Christmas and Hapy New Year!(:

Back from Eastern Europe last Wednesday. Drank chocolate ice blended at coffee bean t3(:
Hotel Ibis at Frankfurt, GermanySmall bedroom ):
Don't quite like the hotel but I do like it's location(:
There are a few shops selling clothes and shoes, two supermarkets, one cafe and a bakery just opposite!! Bought for myself a blouse, a skirt and a peace bracelet(: Snow outside the hotel in Dresden, Germany.
I wonder if the branches were cut or are the trees naturally like that.
This is near a church at Dresden, Germany.
Inside a church in Prague, Czech Republic
I remembered getting lost there.

Did not notice that the tour group went in while watching the changing of guards.

Prague Castle
I like this view. Reminds me of Venice(:That looks like a small island in the middle of the river and it looks like one of those in fairytales. Charles BridgeA puppet 'playing' the guitar. Old Buildings

We only visited the old town of Prague.Had buffet dinner on a small cruiseUpper deck of the boatHotel in Prague.
Snow!! If you look closely, it really is in the shape of a snowflake.
I did not realise that till now. 'Arbeit Mache Frei' (Work sets you free) The sign was stolen in the early morning of 18 Dec. So I think that our tour group was the last to have seen the sign as we had visited the night before. The sign was found two days later and is now being fixed.Auschwitz I Concentration Camp, Poland (Main camp)Tracks used for vehicles that transport prisoners to Auschwitz II. It was around five (I think) when this picture was taken. As you can see, evening there is like midnight in Singapore, especially since there are very few lights along the roads. About a million people died there. When prisoners first arrived, those unfit were separated from those who were fit for work. The unfit included the children, the old and the handicapped. These people were sent to gas chambers immediately. Many thought that they would be taking a shower as there were signs in different languages stating that it was a bathroom so people would not suspect. There was even a photograph which showed the happy faces of the people who thought they were lucky. In the chamber, there were fake shower heads and pipes which released the Zyklon-B gas.

It only took fifteen minutes in the chamber before they died. Their hair was collected and the bodies were burnt. About seven tonnes of hair was collected and displayed. So we actually saw the real hair. We also saw their belongings such as bags, shoes, clothes, children's toys, etc.

The people who were fit for work, were assigned different roles. Those who were assigned to checking the bags felt that they were lucky as they would sometimes find food in the bags so they could survive longer, but they were not spared and were still killed and replaced after some time to prevent them from communicating and planning anything.There were people who managed to escape but their families would be captured and punished until they are found. If not, other prisoners would be punished. People who went against the rules were punished in different ways like starving or having to sleep standing up in a room, the size of a phonebooth.

Outside the salt mine, Krakow, Poland.

Footprints in the snow(: Inside the salt mine. Look how deep it is. We had to walk down many flights of stairs until we were about 67metres below, but of course when we took a lift up. It goes up really fast, taking less than a minute to reach the top.The mine.

Salt crystal on the wall.

Salt light. Salt statues.Budapest, Hungary.

Budapest is made up of Obuda, Buda and Pest. Don't remember much about its history.

Hilton Hotel. Woohoo!(:

A seat filled with crystals at a Swarovski store, Innsbruck, Austria.

Does this look familiar?

It is the dress the diva was wearing in Phanton Of The Opera. It had Swarovski crystals on it so they displayed it.

Actually, we went to other places such as Vienna and Salzburg, but I do not have pictures of those places yet. That's all I have. Really enjoyed myself. There was a bit of drama though, like the stolen sign and someone losing her passport and credit card.

There was also a snowstorm the day before we arrived in Frankfurt from Stuttgart and the airport was closed. Fortunately, it reopened and we could go back home. In economy class ): Actually, it was not that bad. I was just too used to the big space and quiet surrounding.

Halfway through the flight, a drunk man allegedly hit a passenger and steward. So the flight was diverted to Dubai and the police came to take him away. He was seating a few rows behind me so I witnessed everything. There was even blood on his seat and pillow. Must have been something serious.

Anyway, we reached Singapore about three hours later than we should have. Missed Singapore a lot. Glad to be back home(: