Where have you been before in Europe?

[xJayChoux]

As the topic title says, where have you been before in Europe? Tell me how it was...

Here's my short little list:

Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain (Mallorca), England, Germany, France, Denmark and Switzerland. :happy:

From all these places from above, I like France the most. I went to Paris, in the evening it's very beautiful there...very romantic. I also went to the top of the Tour Eiffel, it was amazing! Wish I can go there again when I'm older :love:

[jessca]

Ohhh...youve been to a number of places in Europe too Sin Yun!

Ive been to Spain, Paris, Greece, Venice in Italy, Cyprus, Sweden, Amsterdam, Denmark, Estonia and Norway! Does Turkey count? :?

Ive been on a couple of cruise holidays..one around the Med and one around the Baltic Sea so ive seen many European cities. Its a nice way to travel cos you dont waste an entire week in one place, but spend only 1 day at each destination...and you move on to the next place on the itinery overnight!

My favourite European city - probably Stockholm. Its amazingly pretty. I think i would have loved Paris too, but i didnt enjoy that holiday much. We went down by coach and i hate travelling for too long. I was very young too and i got scared by Maleficient in Eurodisney so i spent most of my time there terrified. :oops: I need to go again to see the city properly!

[xJayChoux]

It isn't that much jessca...:blush:

I think Turkey isn't a part of the EU yet...right? :unsure:

[jessca]

I dont think its part of the EU, but its certainly part of Europe....how did i realise? Galatasary play in the European Cup hehe.... :laughing:

How did you find England?

[xJayChoux]

:laughing: Always thinking about football 'eh?

England...it was fun! Big Ben was interesting...(the kids from the friends of my dad weren't nice, so my holiday was screwed up :-x) The taxis were funny, how you have to open these doors :D.

[jessca]

Hehe..ive been to London too...very expensive down there hehe...but Big Ben is a must tourist attraction.

The taxis were funny, how you have to open these doors :D.
Dont you normally open doors to get into taxis? :?

[xJayChoux]

The taxis were funny, how you have to open these doors :D.
Dont you normally open doors to get into taxis? :?

Yup, you do. But it was the way you had to open these doors...it was the opposite. :oops: Sorry for my ******* english...argghhh...

[Sparkling_Jade]

I´ve been to Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, Portugal, Greece and Amsterdam...
I would love to visit Spain or Italy sometime.. (actually any warm country would do :happy: )

waah, you guys have been to so many places!
My traveling experiences are kinda limited to annual cruises to Stockholm :bleh: (for shopping, mostly) but i really enjoyed my trip to Greece this summer with two of my friends... the view is really stunning there. Portugal was a beautiful place, too.. all this talk bout traveling makes me wanna pack my suitcase and just take a random flight to somewhere!

[xJayChoux]

Woaaa. Sparkling_Jade, you visited Amsterdam too? How did you find it?

Or did you just went there because you had to go to another plane at the airport :oops:

[jessca]

Ive never been to Finland. Ive been around Scandinavia...the seas and straits are so pretty...but Finland wasnt on the itinery. :depresse: ...i didnt get to shop much in Stockholm cos we went on a guided tour instead. I got to see the Vasa (i think that was the name fo the ship) and the city hall.

Or did you just went there because you had to go to another plane at the airport :oops:
:blush:

[xJayChoux]

Or did you just went there because you had to go to another plane at the airport :oops:
:blush:

It's okie jessca! Just make sure you'll go to Amsterdam one more time, and not only for the airport! :roll:

[Sparkling_Jade]

Or did you just went there because you had to go to another plane at the airport :oops:
:blush:

It's okie jessca! Just make sure you'll go to Amsterdam one more time, and not only for the airport! :roll:

:blush: *ahem* i guess that apply for me too, then.... :wink2:

[xJayChoux]

Or did you just went there because you had to go to another plane at the airport :oops:
:blush:

It's okie jessca! Just make sure you'll go to Amsterdam one more time, and not only for the airport! :roll:

:blush: *ahem* i guess that apply for me too, then.... :wink2:

:dead: Erhm...well, than you've to go to Amsterdam one more time too than. Amsterdam isn't only good for the airport, you know. :D

[jessca]

Well its very nice airport isnt it...hehe... :D

What do you recommend in Amsterdam.seeing as me and Sparkling_Jade need to go there...

[xJayChoux]

Shopping in Amsterdam! :excited: There are a lot of shops there, or you can go to Rotterdam...very busy city...or the Hague...Zoetermeer that's where I live :bleh:

[Sparkling_Jade]

uuh i looove shopping! there are so few shops in Finland... im hoping that mango would come here soon...

are things cheap there btw?

[xJayChoux]

Cheap? No. It's very expensive...because of the Euros :-x

Let's say, I hated the Euros...but you'll get used to it :dry:

[Sparkling_Jade]

I so know what you mean! with the euoros, EVERYTHING has become more expensive... and i have noticed that i tend to spend more money, because it seems so little now that´s in euros..... :oops: like 20 euoros used to be 120 marks, which seemed ALOT to me, but now, 20 euros goes in a flash.... :-x

[xJayChoux]

Argh...2,20 guilders is 1 euro!!! Euros are expensive...

I don't know...but since the euros came, our economy went "down"...:dry:

[jessca]

There a huge debate still going on about the Britain joining in. Blair is adamant that he wont give the public their vote (cos he knows the majority of us are against it).

Im still unsure whether want to join the Euro but i understand why its important for every country in the EU to share a currency. Its just we're not willing to change from the pound.

[xJayChoux]

I have this kind of feeling that England always wants to be different from other countries...they don't want to change to euros, they drive at the other side of the road...:wacko:

(no offense, jessca :oops:)

[jessca]

Hehe..its all right...i suppose its true :oops:

I got sent some stunning pictures of cities all around the world, and theres a lovely one of Paris, London, Rome and Madrid. Ill upload them next time... :happy:

[sauerkraut]

mh, germany (haha), austria, switzerland, netherlands, belgium, luxembourg, france, uk, italy, croatia, sweden, denmark, norway, czech republic, slovenia, slovac republic (?? don't know its english name). um, that's it, i think. i've probably forgotten some country. :angel:

[ker_ai_teresa]

i've only been to germany (frankfurt). so darn boring there.

i would like to go to england tho :happy:

[xJayChoux]

Wow. ker_ai_theresa, you went to frankfurt? I don't know how it is like there...:rock: You say it's boring so I think I won't go there anymore la. :D

[sauerkraut]

i don't know what you're talking about. :glug: frankfurt's one of the few great german cities. it might not be the most exciting one, but it definitely has its appeal. i guess beauty lies in the eye of the beholder.

[ker_ai_teresa]

i'm talking about a warm saturday arvo, touring the heart of the city, and the place is almost deserted, bar a couple of tourists.
anywayz, i said it was boring i didn't say it was unattractive. and so i agree, the architecture is quite a wonder. i also learnt from my tour guide that they have a lot of banks...and that's about it.

[sauerkraut]

no offense really, but despite what ppl might think about frankfurt in general, it defintely does have more about it than banks. sorry, if i sound a little defensive, but i simply love frankfurt. when it comes to german cities, there are only cologne and heidelberg that i like better. :wink2:

[candi_s]

i've been to venice, rome, lyon, paris, swiss, florence... two weeks around these place on train.. so FUN!!!

going back to paris in dec for 5 weeks on an exchange =))

[xJayChoux]

:excited: Woaaa candi_s!! You've been to so many places in two weeks time! That's amazing! So...can you tell something more about it? Like what kind of things you saw...? :bleh: Just curious...^^

[jessca]

Wow...do tell us more!

Ive been to Venice...but not for long. I was in a coach travelling from the airport to the port to board cruise ship. It was a shame i didnt get to look around properly but when we set sail..the views were unbelievable. We were sailing across the breadth of Venice, looking in you could see all the canals and channels...and the way the bridges and streets were built. It was beautiful. :D

[~WInnIE~]

wow u guys have been to so many places!
i live in the UK and i haven't been to as many places as u's. lol i've been to London, Manchester, Amsterdam, France, Paris.. :happy:

hey Jessca do u live in Australia? cos it says ur location is 'Geordieland'. And where i live, people call here the 'Geordieland' too. hehe :laughing:


By the way is this in the correct forum?? :unsure:

[xJayChoux]

~WInnIE~, you've been to Amsterdam too? (or only for our great airport? :dry:)

By the way is this in the correct forum?? :unsure:

What do you mean? :glug:

[jessca]

hey Jessca do u live in Australia? cos it says ur location is 'Geordieland'. And where i live, people call here the 'Geordieland' too. hehe :laughing:

Nope..i live in the UK...Geordieland would be slang for Newcastle upon Tyne..after the football team...
You too? :excited:

(Yes, this is the correct forum for people living in Europe..its just that we share with the Australians hehe)

Aw..Sinny....dont be sad... :console: you should be proud of your wonderful airport!

[Sparkling_Jade]

jessca, i´ve been wondering bout the location of geordieland too :happy: 1st i thought it was a country in europe! :D (yeah, my geography sucks...)
but thanks for clearing that up anyway :happy:

[jessca]

Aww...hehe...sorry for causing the confusion!

Well...Geordieland would be Newcastle, in the North East of England, UK!

[xJayChoux]

I'm not....sad. It's just...most of you people come to Amsterdam...at the airport. Why don't you guys come for our country...and not for you planes! :D

[stinki_tofu]

erm......I don't know if I'm allowed...to post here...
since I'm from Taiwan...
but I couldn't resist sharing where I've visited in Europe......
I hope this message is okay...
I went to Italy....Rome...Venice...beautiful place...
I have to say...the church over there was unbelievable~!~! the windows made of different colors~!~!^^

I went to France...quite a few time too....
I really liked my visit....what the name of the place where Louis 14 lived??? my gosh....can't believe I forgot....but you know where I'm talking about....

sadly...I''ve only dropped by at Amsterdam.....
I really hope I would have the chance to visit it though really.....believe me xJayChoux..haha

[xJayChoux]

stinki_tofu, of course you're allowed to post here. This topic isn't only for people who live in Europe. See the title? :bleh: Italy...I wish I could go there...sob sob :sad: I think it's very beautiful...and romantic.

Next time, you hafta go and visit us! Promise me! :bleh:

[~WInnIE~]

omg! Jessca
u live in Newcastle!? So do i?! where abouts in newcastle do u live?

hm..yea been to Amsterdam. hm..i cant actually remember what the airport looked like...haha. but the most scariest airport i've been to is Singapore. There are these men walking around with riffles in their hands. haha, but it is really clean tho.. :happy:

[jessca]

omg! Jessca
u live in Newcastle!? So do i?! where abouts in newcastle do u live?

:bounce: you too!! I live in Meadow Rise, near Kingston Park and the airport. Its nice cos its in the centre of town and Gateshead Metro Centre hehe. What about you?

I remember Amsterdam airport hehe...its very big and a bit like Heathrow...and there are loads of shops! :D

[~WInnIE~]

omg!!
i live in Chester-le-Stree. Birtley have u heard of it?
i go to metro centre and Eldon Square well, town la. all the time! wow so cool. and so shocked. never thought i would meet someone from Newcastle on here. haha :laughing:
whats ur sirname ah? i might kno u..hm...haha :happy:

[jessca]

Wow..Chester le Street? My grandparents and my uncles live there hehe..they open a take away in Birtley. Haha...its called Thai Wah if youve been past it before.

I know hehe..i normally think its a huge coincidence if i meet someone who also lives in the UK lol...

My surname's Chan..you heard of TJC? Its my church..im Christian.. :happy:

[~WInnIE~]

Omg! ur joking right? my take away is in Birtley too!! mines called Super Chef! jeeze...
so freaky!
Jessca Chan? hm....so u go to chinese school?

[jessca]

Jessica hehe...jesscas only my screen name...

Oooh..ill look out for it next time im in Birtley!! I used to go to chinese school at my church but ive finished now...hehe...

Which school do you go to?

Aiya..going off topic a bit...erm..why did you go to Amsterdam? For a connection flight to Hong Kong?

[~WInnIE~]

hm..haha yeah i did. the flight was delayed quite abit tho. it always is.. :dry:
do u go to HK often?

oh right icic. i go to Heaton Manor. heard of it?? i go to Oxclose Comprehensive ah. u ler?
hey do u have msn?

[jessca]

I went to Amsterdam to go on a connecting fligh twice. But this year in the summer, i went cos i was going on holiday from Amsterdam around Scandanavia. It was pretty fun...My flights were always on time though.. :D

Ooohh..my friend goes to Heaton Manor.. I go to Central High. :happy:

[~WInnIE~]

yay! i might be going to Taiwan in the summer! yaya loads of Jay stuffs!! :laughing:
omg...whats ur friends name? i might kno her!...haha

[Sparkling_Jade]

winnie: you´re going to taiwan this summer?? waah, i´m soooo jealous! :wink2: you might even bump into Jay (which makes me even more jealous LOL)

haha, it seems like everyone is familiar with amsterdam´s airport... maybe we should all visit the city sometime :happy:

[jessca]

Yeah! Sinny can collect us from erm...Amsterdam airport (seeing as well know how to get there hehe... :bleh: ) and she can give us a grand tour of Amsterdam and tehn her own hometown..

Winnie - you get to go to Taiwan! That is gonna be sooo much fun...make sure you buy loads of stuff! :D

[xJayChoux]

:sweat: Maybe just my own hometown...or just the Hague, okay? I don't know Amsterdam so well...

Besides, the Hague is where our queen lives. :brows:

[jessca]

Besides, the Hague is where our queen lives. :brows:
:laughing: ..what do you intend we do to the Queen of Holland? :glug:

My friend has family in Amsterdam and she thinks its a good place to go shopping lol, especially for Miffy stuff hehe... :bleh:

[xJayChoux]

Ehm...I don't know...nothing? :laughing:

Yes...Amsterdam is a nice place to shop...but it's extremely busy. :wacko: :dead:

[ker_ai_teresa]

who's been to or live in London? the reason i'm asking is coz i'm planning to visit the city erm.....sometime soon (depending on my finances), and thought i'd do a little research. who better to ask than those who have actually been there or live there?

so just tell me things i should know about the city....weather :oops:, attractions, where i shouldn't go, dangers, transport.....

thanx if you can help! :)

[jessca]

Eeeeeee...Teresas coming to England! :bounce: You gotta come up north its nicer!!

Im not saying that just cos i live up north, but cos Londons a very touristy area and that makes it a quite expensive place to visit..though i guess all tourist areas are like that. And theres not that much to see in Newcastle.. :depresse:

About London... :hmm: ...i can barely remember what happened the last time i went. Theres the usual visits...the Castles, Big Ben, the Tower etc...transport, improving due to the congestion charges...but theres buses everywhere...weather...mostly nasty..depends when you want to go really..

Ill have a look in my local library the next time i go for some leaflets etc..and ill see if i can get them sent to you... :happy:

[ker_ai_teresa]

awwwww thanx in advance for the leaflets, Jessca! :hugz:

i'd like to go during your summer so that it's not too cold, so around July-August? but my Lonely Planet guide says that it's very crowded during this time, so perhaps April/May or September/October would be better, anything but full on winter!

i'm still confused tho...you say you live in Newcastle, is that actually inside of London?
also, ppl have told me that England is very expensive :oops: so i'll have to go very budget. :sweat:

[jessca]

Its okie hehe..it depends whether i can find any first lol...and coming early Summer or late Summers a good idea too...although our weathers freaky and you can never guarantee when you get a nice clear day with a decent temperature.

Newcastles about...err...600 miles north of London..about a 6hr trip in the car if youre interested... :D

Yeah, Englands a rip off...never go there deliberately to buy clothes or any item..thats why people cross the Channel every Christmas to stock up on alcohol and cigarettes in France... :oops: If you plan it right and where you wanna stay though, it shouldnt be too bad. Are you planning on going alone? :unsure:

[ker_ai_teresa]

hehe...luckily i'm not planning to go there to shop, i just want to sight-see and have a feel of what London is really like. if i want to shop i'd go to HK!
i also want to go and watch a soccer/football match!!! when i watch it on tv, the atmosphere looks so good, and there's so many ppl!

anywayz, going alone? i'm not sure yet. i mean i've travelled overseas alone b4 and that was fine....well it depends on whether i find anybody interested and who has the money, to go with me. so do you think that it would be safe to go there alone? :?

hmmm, so it seems that Newcastle is actually outside of London....so it's true that you can catch the ferry across to France??? :excited: that would be fun! but you'd need passport as well right?

[jessca]

Yeah..i guess its pretty safe, its just that i could never travel overseas alone :oops: ..and England is pretty far away from home...

Londons probably the best place for sight-seeing here hehe..and theres always some Japanese tourists you can go join on the top of a double-decker bus for a tour of London hehe.. :laughing:

Yeah..Newcastles no where near London..and to catch the ferry to Calais in France, you would have to go to Dover which i think is 2 hours away from London. And i guess you would need a passport.

Woww...you gotta watch a footie match! And with like 15 clubs to pick from in London, youre bound to get into one hehe...or you could come up to Newcastle..St James Park is famous for its atmosphere you know... :rolleyes:

[ker_ai_teresa]

thanx for trying to help me Jessca! :flowers: if i have any other questions i'll come and bug you! hehe....

yep! football! next to Jay, football is my other obsession! i'm thinking of catching a Liverpool match coz Harry Kewell plays for them....can't wait till i actually get to go there! :excited:

anywayz, sorry bout the change of topic.... :oops: so let's continue with the topic of this thread....

[iny]

the only place i have visited in europe is london. my brothers studied there but i could only visit there for like 3 days, which was nothing! i went to London and shopped around. i went to see Big Ben, the bridge (i forgot the name), Oxford Circus etc...the usual tourist sites...
but it has been my dream to go to europe and study there. but in about 2 months i am going to graduate and FINALLY will be able to go to europe. i will most liekly go to switzerland...has anybody gone there? and i am still pondering on the possibility of going to England who knows... still thinking...so, in about 4-5 months i will be in Europe!!!! then i can go tour around all the cities i have dreamed of and then share with you guys!!!! :D hahaha...then i will be able will have better discussions and tell my experiences, if everything works out and if i have the money to go to these places... :dry: let all hope..guess thats all..luvs luvs
iny

[sauerkraut]

i will most liekly go to switzerland...has anybody gone there?

i have been to switzerland a couple of times and i also got some swiss friends. :happy: all in all, i'd say that switzerland is an excellent choice. the country's one of the prosperous in europe and i guess it kind of shows. everything's quite neat and nice, even (or maybe especially) the cute little villages. besides, what you basically get is a great mix of three european cultures (german, french and italian). which city do you have in mind? and how long are you going to stay?

p.s.: in case you're looking for more info on switzerland, you might want to check out the following web sites:
http://www.myswitzerland.com/
http://www.about.ch/

[iny]

i am planning to go to Glion-sur-Montreux..actually i am probably going there for 4-5 years for college. i am going to study hotel and tourism management. uau man, a great mix!! i am already a great mixture, i am taiwanese but was born in brazil. i guess i will have to learn more languages!!! hahaha... have you ever been to Glion? i am os curious and so frightened of where i may end up... and sauerkraut, thnx for the websites!!!! :)

[sauerkraut]

sorry, haven't been there yet. but i can tell from its name that it's probably located in the french part of switzerland. don't worry! as i said, switzerland is a great place. once you get there, you might even never want to go back. :wink2:

[jtayk]

I have been to England, Scotland, France, Sweden, Italy, and Switzerland... That was it , I think..

My fav place is of cause Italy. I LOVE Venice, and Rome. When I went to Venice, I walked over a small Venicient style bridge and it was like in the movie :) Everything was like in a movie. The water was turquise blue...:) so lovely. Rome was also a very romantic city. Ppl were friendly, especially guys. ( they are sexy with green eyes! ) Italian food is also delicius, the small pizza shops along the street are good... I miss it now.

[jessca]

Wow...it sounds so beautiful.

I was only in Italy for a while, as i was sailing from Venice on a west-Med cruise. But ill always remember when we left the port. We were on the top deck, and it was a sunny day, with the sea breeze. And you could look into the city and see all the channels, buildings and bridges as we sailed the breadth of the city. It was literally like looking into the past. Id love to go back there properly one day. :happy:

Theres just something mystical about Italy, Rome in particular. So romantic.. :D

[christinetang]

Ooh...Italy is such a nice country but the thing is i dont know how to speak the language because i would go there to live for a couple of months while doing a job like be an overseas rep........just a dream haha

The only place that i have been in Italy is Pompeii, i went there for the time as part of a port of call when i went on a cruise 2 years ago....so fascinating there :happy: . When i was their the mountain/volcano was puffing with smoke i thought it was gonna erupt !!!!! ahhhhh :worry:

One day i would like to visit Venice...that is such a nice city to go to and peaceful as well.

[-BsA-]

oh man i live in the uk!!!!

so i used to live in wales 2, and ive been to belgium, luxumberg, france, germany, austria, italy, slovenia, my dad lived in austria so ive been to vienna alot , he he

im well traveled, i want to go to spain , its so cheap.

[pamujung]

I have been to Franch, German, Belgium, Netherland, Swiss, Italy, Denmark.
The most favorite place is Italy, I really love this country. It's full of art and architecture. I really wanna go back to Italy again, I wanna see d ceiling of Sistine chaple (I missed it when I went there) I ever met David, I was excited with everything at Italy. And Venice is nice, a bit disappoint with it coz I didn't have chance to sail in gondora. raining and low flooding, so can't sail that time :cry:

at least I go to same place as Jay at d colosseum and spanish steps in Italy :laughing:

[Katie23]

Oh, I would LOVE to go to Pompeii some time! I love the ancient Greek and Roman times.

I'm from The Netherlands, and I haven't been to many places, at least not for a very long time:
Belgium: Antwerpen, where we went shopping, just for a day
Germany: Xanten, Keulen, Trier, went with school for some days
France: Paris and Disneyland, for three days
Switserland: can't remember where, but I went there for a week and stayed at a friend's house in the mountains :)
Greece: went with school for nine days and we travelled through whole Greece, one of my favorite trips! We've been to Athens (Akropolis), Olympia (where the original Olympics were held), Korinthe, Delphi, Sparta, and many more.
England: London baby! Three days.

I would love to go to Greece again, England too. And also Italy, visit some Roman leftovers ;) , South of France, Iceland, Norway (or some other country north of NL), and that's just Europa...

[JenJensen05]

Wow you guys are so well traveled! I've never been to Europe before, but I'm going this year. I'm taking an Italian history class where you study Italy from the Roman Empire on and then you visit Italy over Spring Break. I'm really excited! And from what you guys have said Italy should be wonderful. Many people that I know say that Italy is their favorite place. I'm really looking forward to it!

[Katie23]

That's so cool, living in the US, and then take a class in which you can go to Europe! They should have some US trips in The Netherlands!

[jay_gf]

wow you gys have been to so many places in EU, i've only been to England (london), France (Paris) and Spain (madrid, barcelona). I think out of the three i think paris was the best, and i got to go to the top of the eiffel tower too, the view is totally amazing!

I heard Italy is beautiful, my brother has recently been to a number of european countries and he says so far the best place he has been to is Prague in the Czec! (hoever you spell it) I wanna go there too!!!!

[candy]

I went backpacking in Europe for 2 months last year....went to Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Greece, and UK...and my favourite country was Netherlands (not in terms of sightseeing, of cos)...The place is pretty and peaceful, the people are very friendly, and it's the home of MIFFY !!! :-) (I was a bit upset that I didn't end up seeing a lot Miffy things there...I went to Utrecht just for it, since it's Dick Bruna's hometown.. :cry: ).

I also love Italy, France and Germany. There's so much to see :excited: Paris has the best museums...I got a three-day museum pass and went the Louvre three times..hehe
:rolleyes:

you guys/gals living in Europe are so lucky...I'm so envious.. :cry:

[Katie23]

Utrecht! I live only 20 min with the bus from there!!! Dick Bruna has been to the restaurant where my dad used to work many times, in the town where I live! Where are you from Candy? US? Surprised to see Tne Netherlands as your favorite, but it also makes me a bit proud, haha. Miffy is called Nijntje (sounds a bit like Nine-tje) here by the way, which is how many children here call a rabbit (in Dutch: konijn).

[candy]

Hi Katie! :wave: wow you live near Utrecht !?? :excited: I love Utrecht, It's a very neat place !! oh yeh, Amsterdam is nice too ! (I went there especially to visit the Van Gogh Museum :rolleyes: )...and children actually call rabbit "Nijntje" ??!? That's so cute ! :-)

I'm from Hong Kong (I was born there) but I've spent most of my life in Australia...I miss Melbourne so badly.. :cry:

[lingling]

i have been to england, norway, sweden (duh), denmark, germany, france, holland... yup thats all... i wanna go to spain some day... and italy too... and to the places jay has visited... heheh... i like england, especially chinatown in london... you can find jay stuff there! yeah!

[FreaK]

i have been to italy, france, germany, ausria (i live there^^), czechoslovak..
i think thats it.

[XiaoWuan]

cool u visited so much european countries..... :-) ....do u like austria,xJayChoux????
:wink2:

[xJayChoux]

XiaoWuan, i havent visited Austria yet, i hope i will in the future. :sweat:

where have you been before? care to tell us? :happy:

[Shanhaigirl]

hey Kathi(XiaoWuan)! my new msn buddy :wink2: so we have another Austrian here :). I wonder when Russians start joining jc.net, haha. I guess i'll stay the only one for a long time *sigh*

i haven't been anywhere in Europe :shy: can't wait to visit it though :). Hopefully i'll get to go to GB next year

[xJayChoux]

Patya jie, i dont mind having only you as our one and only Russian JCnet member! :hugz:

awww...you'll someday....but dont you want to visit the Netherlands? ...like...visiting me? :cry:

[Shanhaigirl]

Sinny, aww, thank you! :hugz: Other Russians are stupid not to be here though :-), they miss the opportunity of having such amazing friends as i found here :-)
and of course i want to visit you!!! and Yassin!!! :excited: I'd love to go to Netherlands!!! but the most real option for my family now is England,'cause my cousin lives in London and that means that we can stay at her place(and dont have to pay for hotel) and the ticket to London cost only like $200. I wonder how much is a ticket to Netherlands, hm
Anyways, getting a visa is a really huge problem here! they can just refuse to give you a visa and not give any explanation :(

[jessca]

heyhey to XiaoWuan!

Patya, i so hope you manage to get to London! i was thinking about it, and so long as the dates are right, i should be able to go down with some friends for a couple of nights....i would so love to see you... :hugz:

fingers crossed with the visa application... :unsure:

Sinny - i wish baby jay was in HK with you! that would have been so much fun.. =P your cousin was sweet too hehe...but id love to see him. over webcam will have to do for now.. :D

[FreaK]

very very very nice ppl here :D
it would be cool if we meet each other..^^
but i dun think this would ever work ><

[XiaoWuan]

oh...austria is a nice country... :-)

i live in austria....I just have been to france! :dry:

U..,xJayChoux

[xJayChoux]

Patya jie, just remember to visit the Netherlands the next time! :hugz: oh, maybe you should tell the Russian government that youre going to see Baby Jay, maybe then they'll give you your visa! :D

jessca, i wish he was there too. i missed him so much! >.< hehe...you think my cousins sweet? well...at THAT time she was...but if you spend more time with her...:sweat: lol, long live our webcam! :D

FreaK, what was ur name again? :shy: lol, that seriously wont work...i live in a country next to jessca's, but we only got to meet each other by going to Hong Kong! :oops:

XiaoWuan, ive been to England, German, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Denmark, Switzerland and Mallorca. :sweat:

[yingyingxxx]

hey guys :happy:

i've been to only two countries in Europe: Italy and Switzerland.

Both are great places.. and what's more the weather is great!! At least great when i went there.. Hope i can visit more places in Europe next time.. :D

[pinkcherries051]

I've been to France and Germany, i ment last spring break....wow paris is awesome...all the sidewalk cafes and the delicious food...damnnn

[FreaK]

hahaah....my name is Mik...but dun u want to call me FreaK?!? haaha :D :D
r u guys all asian or r there not-asian ppl as well.?

[xJayChoux]

ying ying, awww....i want to go to Italy so bad! i want to see the Colloseum! (is this how you spell it? :unsure:) hehe...

pinkcherries, dont ya just love the breakfast in paris? :drool: croissants with chocolate...yummy! heeehee...

FreaK, i'm asian, jessca's too, patya is also asian. forgot about Heidi and the others tho. :shy: (sry! >.<)

[XiaoWuan]

xJayChoux: cool u meet so many countries in europe!!

i want too! :excited:

[Shanhaigirl]

lol, Sinny, thanx for making me Asian :wink2: .
and wow, i didn't know that you visited that many countries! :excited:
I want to go to Italy too! to Rome and Milan!!! aww, hopefully we all will have a chance to go to the countries we want.

[FreaK]

to all not-asian ppl: how come u guyz know jay? but its cool that jay doesnt juz have asian fanzz ;)

[xJayChoux]

XiaoWuan, you'll also be able to visit many countries in Europe in the future, dont lose hope. =) heeheh...and maybes it bcos i live in the Netherlands and i dont need a visa to visit the other countries in Europe. :sweat:

Patya jie, lol...i didnt make you an asian...i mean...Russia is in Asia, right? so...youre a 100% asian girl! :D

Asian pride forever!!! :roll: omg...hahaha

[jessca]

LOL Sinny! :roll:

Id love to go to Rome! Hehe..ive only ever been to Venice briefly and its so pretty. I really want to go back to Paris, the last time i went, i was too young to appreciate it. ><

hehe..but i remember breakfast over there was fresh bread and a selection of jams. soo yummy....hmmmmmm....i should go back to practise my french for my exams.. =P

[xJayChoux]

oh...i think...erm...when youre in 4th or 5th Grade at my school, you'll be able to go to Rome or Berlin or London with school. i hope i can go to Rome...it must very romantic there...(is it smth like Venice? :glug:) haha awww jess, too bad you were too young...otherwise you would be like this O_O all the time lol...

why are the breakfast thingies in france and in italy always more yummier than in the netherlands? :dry: so unfair...

[Shanhaigirl]

Mik, i got to know Jay during my one year stay in Shanghai. I'm learning chinese and went to China to get practical experience :-). i heard Jay's song on TV and fell in love.
and now here i am, talking about my one-year-old love to Jay! :D

Sinny , haha, ok! i like to be thought of as an Asian! :-)

aww, your talking about all of those countries!!! wanna travel all around the world!!!

Jecka , good luck with French! :yeah:

[FreaK]

oh icccc...Shanghai has to be very cool. i wanna fly there too. but i'm juz 13 years old and i dun have money a lot of money.............
so can u speak chinese now? and can u read/write chinese?
whut other languages do u speak?

[Shanhaigirl]

yes, i speak Chinese and i can read it and write it. I know Russian (my mother tongue), English, and started learning Korean not that long ago.
that's about it :-)

I'm sure you'll get to go to China. Shanghai is awesome! my fave city after Moscow!
you like Edison? i have this movie with him, forgot the name, it takes place in Japan at first, he meets the sister of his brothers girlfriend and falls in love with her. but the girl is rich and has a heart disease and they are like not made for each other, but in end they stay together.really nice movie, and the only one i saw with Edison. he's so cute there :)

[FreaK]

I luuuuuuv Edison!
woooow.Final Romance!.thats my fav movie!!!!! :excited: i agree wif u that edison was cute in that movie...and he is still cute...hihi
u know korean?!thats cool. my bro learns korean too..''annyong'' izzit rite?
i'm too lazy to learn any other language than i learn in school....hahah...

[Shanhaigirl]

well, you're still young, you have time to learn any languages you want :).
In your age its' really easy. now i start noticing that for me it gets harder to memorize new words and stuff. learning chinese was much easier, i think. well, maybe it's just that i start learning it long ago and forgot how hard it was

[FreaK]

hmm...iccc....
i wanted to learn japanese some time ago. i started, but i was too lazy to learn more....
i'm learing french in school but i dun really like french...
i'm learning mandarin while i'm singing jay songs..hehe
thats the only way to make learing more funny..haha

[xJayChoux]

Patya jie, i think youre even more Asian than me...you know more mandarin than me...how embarrassing. :shy:

oh! ive learnt one or two Korean words!!! ---> Sarang Hae Yo!!! = I Love You!!! :brows:, Annyeong-haseyo = hello (or smth like that...:sweat:), and Annyeong-hi gaseyo = goodbye

right? :unsure:

[Shanhaigirl]

Lol, Sinny, knowing mandarin doesn't know being Asian. You know Cantonese, which i don't know at all! It's like another language for me! I can't understand a single word in Cantonese, except those who are similar to mandarin. and i know how to say Hello in Cantonese (thanx to Jecka! heehee)

yay! Sinny's learning korean :wink2:

Komapsimnida - thank you (usual thank you)
Kansahamnida - thank you (usually is a polite way to say thank you and it also can be used when you're thanking lots of people at the same time)

mianhamnida - sorry (usual sorry)
chwesonghamnida - sorry (you say it when you did smth really bad and apologize for it)

[XiaoWuan]

..hahha..its cool! which country do u like in europe most..xJaxChoux
:wave:

[sauerkraut]

:? no offense, but looking at these long words makes me wonder... doesn't it take ages to say anything at all? i mean saying hello in english takes about 1 second and 5 letters, but in korean...? :hmm:

[jessca]

^i guess with korean, the more effort it takes, the more sincere it is. certainly when talking to elders, you have to be more polite (ahnyong hae se yo instead of just ahnyong)

weee...Patya's teaching korean... :roll:

*quite obviously still hyper* but i always get confused with these:

unnie (big sister)
dongseng (someone younger than you)
oppa (girl's big brother)
hyung (the boys term)

are they correct? :? and poumonim for parents hehe...and my favourite..hwaiting! XD

edit - can we use mian hae for sorry too?

[Shanhaigirl]

lol, yeah, teaching along with learning myself, haha

unnie - girl's big sister
nuna - boy's big sister

not sure that you can say mian hae for sorry, 'cause the original verb is mianhada and you transform it into mianhamnida or mianhaeyo. but i'll ask my teacher :-)
well, i guess if you can say sarang hae, you can say mian hae too, but i think you can say it only to a close friend or a relative,'cause it's not really polite.

and yeah, korean is such a long language, lol! when i read our texts it seems that a sentence never ends, haha

[xJayChoux]

XiaoWuan, i think the country i love the most in Europe is...France. tho. ive only visited Paris for a couple of days...i really love the city at night...especially the Eiffel Tour is beautiful. :love: wanna go back there so bad...^^

lol...yay! Patya jie is learning us Korean! :roll:

but wait...do you say unnie to your younger sister? of do you say unnie to your older sister? :wacko: *feels stupid*

[jessca]

youre my dongseng, and im your unnie.. =P so unnie works the same as oppa, but for a sister:D

but if a boy was calling an elder sister, it would be nuna. and if he was calling an elder brother, it would be hyung.

eg. minwoo would say eric hyung, i would say eric oppa.

hope that didnt confuse you even more.. :wacko: and i hope thats right.. :glug:

the best thing to do is watch korean dramas in korean though hehe..im watching winter sonata atm..its so sad. they just...erm..killed him. :oops:

[xJayChoux]

thanks for clearing that up unnie. :hugz:

DO i wanna watch Winter Sonata? :oops: yes or no. <_<

ps. we're so OFF topic...:sweat:

[jessca]

no worries dongseng.. :hugz: hmm...we're not totally off topic..because..

i went to where they filmed Winter Sonata...and i had to go to Amsterdam in order to get there. so...i went to Schiphol! which is somewhere in Europe! :excited:

...but erm...ive only seen 2 episodes of it, and its meant to be good. so watch it if you can.. =)

[xJayChoux]

LOL! thats so...nm. :tongue:

but you went to the place where they shooted Winter Sonata? :excited: have you told me this before? :glug:

well...poor me. i can't watch it. -_-

ps. kinda late...but R.I.P. our dear Prince Bernhard. :sadangel:

[jessca]

i went to the YongPyong resort, remember? :glug: it was the first place i went to in Korea...

hehe...its the purdiest place in the world even without the snow <3 a lot of the romantic scenes in Winter Sonata were filmed there.

Boa is the spokesperson, and Shinhwa were there last week filming their new MV. :excited:

awww..poor sinny.. :console: ..when did he die? =(

[xJayChoux]

erm....sort of....like...no? :glug: is it summat like Paris without snow? :excited:

BoA's the spokesperson of...what? :wacko: that place? *feels even more stupid*

hmm...i think last week...:oops: i cant remember...he had lots of surgeries in his life...poor thing...:cry:

[jessca]

its a golf resort in the summer, when theres no snow..and a ski resort in the winter, when there is snow. lol! and yup, BoA is the spokesperson for Yong Pyong! hehe...i was the only one in my tour group fussed about it though. >< i even took a piccie of the signed poster =P

in my opinion, its prettier than paris hehe...but i was too young to appreciate Paris when i went.. :blush: i really wanna go back! its only an hour away... =\

and dont feel stupid :console: its late friday night..and im being incoherent =P

awww...poor Prince Bernhard. =(

[xJayChoux]

awww that place sounds great. wanna go there...V_V but anyways, you should definitely go back to Paris...its so pretty at night...so romantic...:love: too bad i didnt had my digital cam. then yet. <_< the breakfast - croissants with chocolate - were so yummy! :drool:

eeeeek! theres a chance that i'm going to Taiwan for a few weeks next year in my summer holidays! and maybes after that...MAYBE also to Hong Kong! :excited: i think i'll be going with my cousins. ^^

lol...unnie, its not like i'd know it if it was not friday night. =P haha...

yeah...at the night he died, there were all these tv programs going on....and we could see him during the world war II etc. and it was so sad when there was this scene...where his wife, Princess Juliana (may she R.I.P. also) had just passed away...and he was all shaky when he took farewell...:cry:

[jessca]

LOL! i didnt mean 'its friday night' like that.. >< just saying that its the end of a busy week at school, and its not surprising if everyones getting confused. =P

Taiwan and Hong Kong? :excited: take me!! youve got your summer holiday planned already then? hehe...im wanting to go for a break somewhere in Europe with some friends...and then ill go on a family holiday somewhere. i doubt itd be Hong Kong and Korea again though.. :depresse: If my relatives and family friends are going on the Caribbean cruise they were thinking of, ill probably be going on that. ><

awwww...so the entire country is united in mourning...its tragic but its one of the few times everyone can get together. the last time Britain lost a member of the royal family was the Queen Mother. =(

[xJayChoux]

:lolabove: i knew what you mean. =P heehee...

yeah...taiwan and hongkong maybes...its something which the government does or something...at least thats why ive heard from my cousin. :sweat: the taiwanese government pays for everything except your plane ticket which youve to pay for yourself. i think they do this bcos they wanna let children all over the world know the taiwanese culture, etc. but i'm not sure if we can go tho. :unsure: hope so...=)

yah....all the newspapers are full over his death, etc. you know how he looks like, right? i think he's the one who started WWF. :unsure:

[Shanhaigirl]

aww, take me with you to Taiwan and HK! please!!! :-)
I'm not even sure that i can go to London next year anymore :cry: . I was hoping so much, but... Oh well, who knows, i might still come visit Jecka and Chrissy :wink2:

and someday we'll all go to Netherlands, right? hehe visit Sinny and baby Jay!!!

aww, Sinny, sorry to hear about the death of Prince Bernhard! :hugz:

[xJayChoux]

aww...hope u'll still be able to go to London. i'll be praying for ya! :hugz:

oh yeah, you ALL should come to this boring little country. :bleh:

Prince Bernhard was a wonderful person. =)

[lingling]

heeey everyone! i dont think i've posted in this thread before... or maybe i have.. :wacko:

im going to london and rome next week... anything that you recommend? any special events at the moment?

... already planned to go to chinatown to check out jay stuff.... :D

[Sweet_Monkey]

hmm...I just went to France and Germany...The journey to France was very cool and Paris is a really nice city....Germany was not so cool but okay... :-)

[princessKitty]

hi everyone, i'm from london and everyone in this thread seem to have been or are going to london.
well, are you going to london soon?need some information? :-)

first and foremost, chinatown is an EXPENSIVE place. :worry: there are jay products but are ridicoulously expensive. china town is small with lots and lots of resturants. there are a few supermarkets and a few cd shops.
Central London itself has many places to see and also many places to shop. but again, it IS expensive. thats if you go for shops at harrods or selfridges or John Lewis. other minor shop slike hmv, HnM or claires accesories are ok. :shifty:

the weather at the moment is dry but will get warmer in june. they predict that there might be a summer wave.so if you hate sun, best to avoid london and its busy roads and streets.
as for places to go, there are museums and other places like the london eye or big ben. there are loads of park you can go to to have a picnic. :happy:

the people are friendly. they are not racist and do not have any kind of racist hate towards a certain group. you will find all sorts of people there. i think 1 week is enough in london if you are planning to go around it all day. but, ifyou want to really spend time in muesems or just want to enjoy london life for a while, 2 weeks.

sorry, going back to the thread, i have been to france(i thought they were quite racist :rasp: ), belgium(pretty)Spain,(lovely, friendly people)and itlay(itlaian version of london).

[junnleenfaah]

princess, i visited london last november, and i agree! the people are SOOO friendly over there! i loved kensington palace, it was beautiful (= i actually wanna go back because i only had three days to spend there, and i loved it so i wanna go back to spend more time and go around some more.

i also went to france as well and the people were rude and racist as well, so you're not alone on that =/ although paris was gorgeous, the people makes me kinda not want to go back.

[funkindagirl]

princess, i visited london last november, and i agree! the people are SOOO friendly over there! i loved kensington palace, it was beautiful (= i actually wanna go back because i only had three days to spend there, and i loved it so i wanna go back to spend more time and go around some more.
i also went to france as well and the people were rude and racist as well, so you're not alone on that =/ although paris was gorgeous, the people makes me kinda not want to go back.


hehe glad u liked london.
we londoners are very friendly :-)

ive been france, spain and belgium.

still wanna go italy and portugal tho!

[venetta]

I love Europe!:D

I've been to England, Ireland, Switzerland, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Netherlands and Belgium. I long to go to Spain, may be one day. :happy:

My favourite would be Ireland. It's a wonderful place with fairy-tale like landscape and all those old buildings made of stones. England was only a brief visits of 2 days and unfortunately was coupled with the bleak weather. I couldn't really enjoyed the moment but hopefully I went back there when I have another chance.

[hk-kc-jc]

yeh.. i agree.. France was very racist.. i went to Disneyland Paris for a school trip and people started staring at me and laughing or something.. :dry: and i think that's gona be the last time i go there.. and the only place in europe that i have been to is France since i like going to places in Asia more.. :happy:

[Flo!]

i haven't been around in europe much, but i have seen metz in france, luxembourg, rome, florence, pisa, sicily, prague, fuerteventura, croatia and hungary (as a child), kopenhagen, moscow and st. petersburg (i think that still counts as europe) and, since i live in southern germany, austria. i would love to see paris and london, though

[Last_scene_girl]

I've been to France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, England, Austria, Switzerland and I live in Belgium:p. Paris is really a nice city and I love it too^^. I also want to go to Spain, Greece and Italy...I hope this summer that I can go.

[British Jay Fan]

I live in Cornwall, a rural county in England, but I have visited France and Italy on holiday. I went to Disneyland Paris about 10 years ago and Italy (Lake Garda and Venice) 7 years ago. Venice is the most beautiful place, I urge everyone to go if and when they're able to.

[Corzyan]

Mmm let me see... I've been to Portugal, South France, Ireland, England, Scotland, Praga, Berlin, Austria, Linchestein... ops!! I neraly forget I'm from Spain ;)

I would really want to go again to Berlin to spend more time... and I hope to go to Sweden this year for a music festival.

Really amazing the amount of places you all visited ;)!!

[LittleMissMishi]

I went to Madrid, Spain and Granada, Spain.

Not to mention all these little towns up in the mountains. Very beautiful!

Also, I am saving up money to go to Germany to grab some documents about my great great grandmother who was born there!

Im so excited!!

xoxo
-Mishi