Monday, September 19, 2011

lost things [post gak penting]

Setelah kesana kemari di daratan Eropa, akhirnya gw sadar kalo banyak barang-barang yang intentionally atau unintentionally tercecer di beberapa tempat.

Biasanya sih barang-barang yang ketinggalan/ terpaksa ditinggal (karena bagasi penuh)/ alesan lainnya sehingga gak bisa dibawa- jadi alesan supaya bisa beli barang baru.
Maklum penyakit yang satu ini (shopholic tingkat moderate-low) masi suka kambuh-kambuhan.
Padahal tau kalo traveling mestinya gak usah bawa banyak-banyak, tapi masiiiiii aja suka beli-beli barang sepanjang jalan kenangan.

Anyway, kemaren pun jalan keliling 4 negara, 8 kota selama 27 hari dengan travel luggage (standar Ryanair, berat max. 10 kgs) sebenernya bisa. Toch baju-baju gw kan ukuran kecil dan pas lagi musim panas pula. Host gw yang di Itali pun (dia cowo padahal) terkagum-kagum karena barang-barang keperluan 1 bulan bisa masuk koper ituh.

Tapi banyak juga yang mesti direlakan, ini dia list-nya yang keinget (biar nanti gak nyariin, kalo tiba-tiba nyariin)

1. Piyama beludru ungu kesayangan & top coklat mango (direlakan di airport Skavsta Stockholm, gara-gara kelebihan 1 kg!)
2. Kemeja jins & sepatu crocs item (ditinggal di Roma, juga karena udah beli sendal)
3. Celana pendek pink von Dutch kesayangan (ditinggal di airport Charleroi, juga gara-gara kelebihan beberapa ratus gram! *grrrrr*)
4. Celana pendek jins, dress pink, jumpsuit bunga-bunga (ditinggal di Nijmegen, tempat temen)
padahal baru dipake beberapa bulan *hiks*

Itu semua berkat Ryanair yang strict banget timbangannya- tapi ternyata gak di semua airport dicek ama petugasnya. Kemaren balik dari Genova ternyata gak di-cek tuh, jadi lolos aja kalo bawa lebih dari 10 kgs mestinya.

Juga gara-gara pengen beli oleh-oleh terutama di Cannes dan Nice, karena daerah situ terkenal dengan sabun-nya (atau produk yang berbau lavender) jadinya konsumtif deh beli sabun bio.
Lapar mata dot com judulnya.
Trus juga event summer sale yang gila-gilaan di Stockholm bikin orang (kaya gw) ikut-ikutan pengen beli barang, padahal mah gak butuh-butuh amat.
Akhirnya beli celana juga deh (abis murah banget, cuman 50 SEK) dan juga beli stocking (aneh, gw tergila-gila ama stocking yang lucu-lucu, padahal jarang dipake juga).
Di Itali apalagi, semakin parah, terutama pas masuk Zara, dimana kaos-kaos cuman 4-10 Eur, lalu tas kulit 20 Eur.
Juga ada dress yang gw taksir banget, pas dicobain juga ukurannya pas (jarang-jarang loh), tapi setelah gw beli- nyampe rumah agak menyesal. Abis disini kan gw jarang pake dress juga, abis kemana-mana pake transportasi umum rempong deh pake dress.
Akhirnya ditukerin deh (untung blanja di luar kalo nyesel bisa dibalikin barangnya).

Kemaren ini waktu di Kopen, biasanya kalo belanja suka ditemenin Alice, temen gw yang orang Aussie. Dia jadi 'watch-dog'-nya kalo misalnya barang yang dibeli gak ada di-list kebutuhan, dia akan meng-counter argumen gw. Dan akhirnya gw bisa jadi gak beli.
Tapi kalo belanja sendiri, gawat deh... tak terkontrol... dan setelahnya suka agak menyesal.

Okeh, demikian seputar curhat gak penting soal material (ampir sama sekali tidak berhubungan dengan traveling :-)

Ciao ciao!

Riomaggiore, ITRiomaggiore, Cinque Terre, IT
[pemandangan pas depan station kereta-nya Riomaggiore nih]

In the end, gw gak merasa kehilangan apa-apa sih, karena dapet banyak pengalaman tak tergantikan juga.
'Siapa juga yang butuh barang-barang duniawi kalo udah nyampe heaven on earth' , itu dia suara hati gw waktu nyampe Cinque Terre, Italia. Tempat yang luar biasa bellissima (indah) sampe rasanya mo nangis pas nyampe sana
*lebay mode on*
Juga pas nyampe Cannes, tempat dimana artis-artis hollywod ngumpul pas festival film... rasanya gw jadi cewe paling beruntung (se-Indonesia paling engga), bisa nginep di villa yang menghadap langsung ke laut dan diajak touring ama temen CS along french riviera. Pengalaman tak terkatakan deh pokonya . . . . . . . . .

" Things are just things. Don't get too attached to them. "
[taken from SNOTM]

Friday, September 9, 2011

Genova, again

It's funny that during my second Eurotrip last summer I did not plan intentionally to stay in Genova for a long period. I thought I was just gonna pass it by from Firenze, before then continue the journey to French Riviera.
That's what I like from open plan (and being a single traveler, of course) that you could change your itinerary at the last minute by see what's in front of you.

It happened to me, I just suddenly fall in love with this place.
I fall in love with Italian Riviera, the constant perfect weather and the people.
I even manage to come back here, after a long journey from Amsterdam to Brussel, then Charleroi, to catch a budget flight (Ryanair took my pant away, just because I had 1 kilo excess baggage! Nasty airline. Now I really miss my Airberlin flight with free 20 kgs baggage.)
And a warm welcoming weather then reminds me so much why I want to be here.
Should I mentioned that when I left Amsterdam it was 12 degrees Celcius (with 52 km/h wind speed... yeah, I'm not made it up).

It's a pity that I was too busy after coming back from my 1 month Eurotrip, I didn't have time to summarize the journey (it's all still remain notes in my scrapbook) or write it down in this blog.
But it has been wonderful, magnificent trip in brief.
Almost unreal I would say.
I couldn't describe it in words because it's just too beautiful.

Anyway, in the end my academic life has struck me back to reality.
I spent one week more in Copenhagen to have my oral exam and graduation, then had flight to Germany. Been here and there (physically) in Netherlands, but basically my minds flew somewhere in Liguria.
This place is just intoxicating.

Camogli, Liguria
Camogli, Liguria
first night @ Italian Riviera 17072011

traveling notes :
Train ticket (one way) Firenze SMN - Genova Brignole 40Eur (mahal karena beli last minute, tapi bisa dipake berenti di Pisa)
Ryanair return ticket Charleroi (Brussel Zuid) - aeoroporto di Genova 20 Eur (belum termasuk bagasi, standar kabin cuman 10 kgs)
Train ticket (return) Amsterdam CS - Brussel Zuid/Midi 78 Eur
Ticket (combined train+bus, one way) Brussel Zuid/Midi - Charleroi l'aeroport
11.70 Eur
kaos Zara 4Eur; tas Zara 19 Eur; belt H&M 5 Eur
pizza (1 slice) 2.70 Eur; gelato 2 Eur

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