a pharmer: I'm back from Banda Besana!

I luv the trip! Think it was the best getaway I've ever had. I had a longer trip before but that one (India) was a suffering trip haha, and during that trip I was so hoping to return SG. But this trip makes me wan to extend my extension somemore (which i cant, due to work and $$). I guess the trip would not have been so fun without the fellow bandmates and the clique-mates. haha!

Thanks Erina, Nick, Yokes, Cloudadoodee, Phoebe, DanielKang, Cedric Lee and my other section mates and the extension ppl~~~ for being such great company, and tolerating with my not-funny-lame jokes and whining and cannot read maps... haha!

From few bits i can remember abt the trip (i dun write short notes everyday like Erina & Nick HAHA)

28Jun:
Met the Gattis. They were very cute ppl. showed us maps and maps. trying to make us feel at home. alot of pets! Went Monza for shopping

29Jun:
Cant join the band in rehearsal cos my double bass was not there yet. quite a pathetic feeling.
Tour to Lecco. cant rmb much :P HAHA

30Jun:
bad day. double bass cracked under heat. NO INSTRUMENT FOR PERFORMANCE AT MEDALAGO! haiz. became the photographer.

1Jul:
went for mass. joined them in "singing" haha. more of "clapping" along.
marching was great. i was the banner holder. hee :) it turned out well
BESANA CONCERT! YAY! got instrument. but i was quite rusty from not being able to practise and play at the 1st concert.
STANDING OVATIONS FOR 3 TIMES!!! (u can get the DVD from me)
I guess compared to the other bands, we have a different sound concept. more bottom-heavy than the rest who have powerful cats sections.

2Jul:
Tour to Milan. visited the university and some other places (which i forgot), probably some churches again :P
Nightlife @ Navigli with the mosquitoes. HAHA. swarms of them. not much night life for us cos we all want to escape from these flying insects

3Jul:
Science & Technology Museum. I think I like the cello area best. and also the corridor with weird
paintings. there was an interesting one which shows babies hatching from eggs.
Concert at Brugora. okay concert. quite a few screw ups. cos we cant really listen to each other. the sound just dispersed when we played them. haha. but still, we had an enthusiastic crowd :)

4Jul:
Open Market. shopped around and watched the band of festival rehearsal
Nick rotted at the Gattis' with Erina and I. nice afternoon just nua-ing and eating snacks and watching the time go by. with Voof (the dog) at the door, dao-ing us. HAHA
Band of festival concert. no space inside the tent, so watched from the outside. Mauro's band performed after the concert.

5Jul:
Tour to Lake Como. forgot what happened. HAHA.
Military band show! I like the 2nd band more than the last band but the last band got more "sae" HAH. and there were FIREWORKS! haha i duno y, but italians watched fireworks quietly. while singaporeans like to create the atmosphere by "wah"-ing everytime a new one was shot. HAH.

6Jul:
Venice! OTOT. bought souvenirs. nice city with so much water! Haising group left us. i managed to catch the jazz double bass perform when i was waiting for Mauro's parents to send me back. zai!

7Jul:
Florence with band. shopping street. bought stuff again haha! left the main group.

8Jul:
2nd day at Florence. wanted to OTOT but found the group at a supermarket while some of us were flipping the guidebook to search for places to visit. duno what happened in the supermarket but we waited and waited and decided that we should go to Fiesole cos "without Fiesole, there will be no Florence" (according to the book). took a bus there and took ALOT of stupid shots with the "ancient temple" which was mainly stones. haha.

9Jul:
left for Rome on train. the hostel was not as nice as the one in Florence. the lift was spoilt.
walked around. Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and some churches. haha

10Jul:
Vatican city! went to Vatican museums. Sistine chapel was great. :)
then, St Peter. nice square and the basilica was nice too. ya and nice church haha :P

11Jul:
Colosseum, Roman Forum, Caesar Forum. SUPER HOT DAY!!! and took quite a long time to find food. ended up eating MacDonalds. hehe. then, shopped!!!

12Jul:
left for Stockholm on budget airline. Nice weather. high-end shopping. but we still bought stuff. the hostel was very ikea-ish. hehe. but we had to share our dorm with others. so have to "hush hush". wanted to go to Glenn Miller Cafe but ended up at Hard Rock Cafe (where I burnt my pocket buying the t-shirts and the food) as Glenn Miller was just a small cafe. went to Gamla Stan area to take pictures of the night scene.
Met up with haising group!!! hee

13Jul:
visited Royal Palace! and witness the changing of guards. oh there was an exhibition of Crown Princess Victoria becos the next day was her 30th bday. hah. looks like a happy person :)
shopped again. Nick really 满载而归. shopping rox HAHA!
tried our luck at Glenn Miller Cafe! and they helped to reserve a table for us after we waited for 30min! hehe. and u noe, all of us really enjoyed. nice place, great music, even greater company. (not very nice food tho HAHA)

14Jul:
left for airport. HOME! (plus serious jetlag)

Finished uploading photos!!

I luv this trip!!! :) thanks all!

Getting there

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Milan - Besana Part 1

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Milan - Besana Part 2

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Milan - Besana Part 3

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Venice

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Florence Part 1

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Florence - Part 2

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Rome - Part 1

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Stockholm