Category Archives: Captured

Bolzano Hiking Trip

Posted by paramitopia on May 2, 2012 1 comment

Have I told you before, that Bolzano is surrounded by mountains? So it is like heaven for people who like to go hiking because there are a lot of walking and hiking path with beautiful view of the mountains. So here you go, my experiences of hiking at Bolzano, plus the captured view.

#1 Latemar, Labyrinth Path

My first hiking trip, ever! And I love it! At the end of October, we went from Karersee (Lago di Carezza), passed through Latemar, the Labyrinth path, then ended up at Karrerpass. 7.9 km in total, with the maximum height of 1,901 m.

The frozen Lago di Carezza. Beautiful isn’t it? ;) I will definitely go there again on summer. We went there by bus, took less than one hour from the city center.

Latemar, one of the mountain in the Dolomites. That’s where we’re going!

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Let’s Go Skiing!

Posted by paramitopia on March 7, 2012 7 comments

Setelah 2 minggu berkutat dengan nyeri punggung, pinggang, leher, kaki *iyaa, seluruh badan >.<*, akhirnya badan terasa normal lagi dan jari-jari ini sudah bisa luwes untuk mengetik tentang pengalaman ski pertama saya. It was fun! Tapi si badan, yang tak pernah diajak berolahraga sebelumnya, benar-benar menderita setengah mati setelahnya.

Untungnya saya tinggal di Bolzano, tak perlu jauh-jauh sudah bisa merasakan bermain ski di the Alps, hihi. Jadi, ski resort yang kami kunjungi yaitu Carezza Ski, terletak di pegunungan Dolomites, yang mana merupakan bagian dari Southern Limestone Alps. Hanya sekitar 1 jam perjalanan dengan bus dari pusat kota.

Yak, berfoto dulu sembari menunggu bus. Kostum kami kalau digabung bagai bendera Perancis, hahah *harusnya ijo nih biar pas ;p*. Perhatikan wajah saya masih bersemangat riang gembira, belum menyadari penderitaan yang menanti…

Biaya yang dikeluarkan untuk ski di sini menurut saya tidak terlalu mahal, jika dibandingkan dengan pengalaman ski teman saya di Korea ;p. Di samping investasi untuk kostum tentunya, hihi. Kebetulan saya nemu satu setel jaket dan celana khusus untuk ski *dua-duanya waterproof dan windproof*, diskon 50% jadi tinggal €120. Sudah paling murah itu, dan cuma ada warna putih *ga bisa milih warna-warna centil, huks*, harga asli tanpa diskon mah bisa bikin sesak napas. Dan sepertinya itu ukuran anak-anak jadi lebih murah ^^;.

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L’Autunno a Bolzano

Posted by paramitopia on November 17, 2011 2 comments

I’ve been here for two months, yet I’ve never posted pictures of Bolzano, “una città bellissima e tranquilla” :) . So here you go, the color of autumn in Bolzano…

During this season, we can almost always find this fruit in the mensa (university canteen, where I eat most of the time ;) ), which is…

Cachi! That’s the Italian name for persimmon. Actually I didn’t know the existence of this fruit before coming here, at first I thought they’re tomatoes. And when my friend said this fruit’s name, cachi [kaki], I was kinda surprised, because in Indonesian language it means feet :D . But it doesn’t mean that they taste like feet, no, they’re very good! Sweet, with jelly-ish texture. I love ‘em ^^

Anyway, I took those pictures more than two weeks ago. Now, the trees are starting to lose their color… and leaves. And the temperature starts to fall below zero, brrr… Soon, snow will give the city a new color (wait, white is a color rite?) ^^. But it’s okay… I can always find a place colorful enough to ‘rest my eyes’.

 

Headless Signor Shower

Posted by paramitopia on November 4, 2011 No comment

Time of death… 10.05 AM, this morning.

Actually I had this bad feeling this morning, since I woke up. The feeling of… “I don’t want to get out from this blanket! Should I skip the class?”. Errr, well, actually it happens almost every morning ;)

Anyway, half an hour before the class start, I managed to force myself to go to the bathroom, and took a shower. Then it happened.. I don’t exactly know what happened, since I was still half awake, but signor shower became headless right after, uh oh! X(

So the plan was… plan A: skip the class, find a really powerful superglue, and fix it temporarily.. But, what if the glue can’t hold, then.. plan B: buy a new one and replace it myself, which I really doubt will be a successful case, so.. plan C: tell the guy in charge of the residence and hope they’ll fix it soon.

After some considerations *while preparing to go to class*, I chose the last resort. Before I stepped out from the residence, I told the guy in charge *he was in his office fortunately, he’s never there most of the time*, with a very sad sad face, that I accidentally broke the shower. And he replied, surprisingly with a happy face, “Okay, I’ll send a technician to your room! Don’t worry!”. I asked him whether I should pay to replace it, then he said, “We’ll see later, if it’s really bad then I will tell you”.

Thank God I chose that last plan, because.. first, I didn’t skip the class, only a couple of minutes late; second, after having lunch and came home… We’ve already had a brand new one that functions well! Hurray!! Fyuhh~

Until now I haven’t got any word from him that I have to pay. Hopefully I don’t have to. But I have a feeling that he made a note about that somewhere, and will deduct it from my deposit money ^^; We’ll see…

Summer Holiday: Szia Budapest!

Posted by paramitopia on October 16, 2011 4 comments

After a successful trip to Holland, we decided to test our endurance using the same method of travelling abroad.. using bus, but with a longer distance. So… in the middle of June, off we go to Budapest, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe!

Although it’s double the distance of Nancy-Amsterdam (Nancy-Budapest ±1000 km), the fare is actually almost the same, even less: €75 round-trip. We departed from Nancy at 7 PM, had to change bus twice (in Strasbourg and Vienna), then.. 16 hours later we arrived at Budapest. Szia Budapest!

We spent 4 nights at 11th Hour Cinema Hostel for only €40 per person. It’s a very great hostel, only a few minutes walk from the city center. This is my first time staying in a hostel (in Europe) for less than €10 per night (€9 on weekday, €13 on weekend), wow, cheap!

The city is basically split into 2 main parts by the Danube River: Buda and Pest. We stayed in the Pest side, but not very far from the river, so we can easily crossed to Buda side through the renowned Chain Bridge or the Elizabeth Bridge.

Budapest is also very famous for its public baths, unfortunately we didn’t have the chance to try it. But it’s okay, because the city itself is very beautiful, especially the night view, and made our holiday perfect! So here you go, some captured moments in Budapest…

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And as usual, some stories that filled our holiday…

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