Austria Day 10: Leaving Linz~
Finally it was the day where we leave Linz. Was pretty emotional for me since I got to know some people here on a much friendlier basis.. I had pre-arranged to have a "farewell" lunch with some of the people from office at the nearby Chinese restaurant. This was also because I had wanted to try what Chinese food in a European country was going to be like! hahaha!! :D
Chris and I left our hotel a little earlier so that there was some time to get some "gifts" for my lunch dates. After a little shopping there was still some time so we took a walk around the office building.
Behind the office, you can see beautiful green fields and bright red and yellow flowers. It's really nice to have such view right outside of your window at work. *filled with envy*
My most amazing discovery though, was to find a CLOVER field right at the left side of the office building!! My goodness, the leaves are so green with a nice ring of white aura and the best part is, they are also so large! I'm sure the guys in office have never realised what LUCK they have!!
Wanting to share a little good luck, I managed to find my very first 4 leaf clover and of cos took it home with me!! (on top of 5 others that Gudrun had already found for me from her garden! All 6 of them have been nicely laminated now ^^ )
We took a short 5 to 10 min walk from office to Goldener Hof (a Chinese restaurant just down the road) which Didi had already told me about, especially also of the wonderful plum wine they serve at the end of the meal.
Like a typical western meal, everything was "personal". I ordered Jasmine tea, and I had my own personal little teapot, as compared to the typical chinese bigger tea pot which the whole table shares.
I do not know what soup this was, it tasted like our kind of sour and spicy seafood soup, but it wasn't as spicy probably also catered to Austrian taste. But it still tasted really good!
This is really funny, it looks like an apple pie! But in actual fact, its a springroll in "disguise"!! Not sure about the taste but i wanted to remember how an Austrian spring roll looked like :)
Next up was of cos the main course. Also served in a typical western style. A plate of main course with rice. How strange because that's like a plate of food i can have with my whole family, except we will have 3 or 4 different dishes. Food was nice, and tasted like proper chinese food. But they all looked the same, and until today, i still do not know what chop suay is! However, the owners are from China.. so it explains why the food still tastes right :)
Finally! The long awaited for, warm plum wine! mmmmmmm~~~~ *YUMMY!*
Got a kiddy gift for everyone. Kiddy but with a lot of thought into it. How else do you get a surprise, chocolates and a toy in 1 right? I didn't want to be too typical to just buy chocolates. And it was funny to see everyone get their toys :) *satisfied* I always believe deep inside, there's always a child in every person, and i'm just one big kid!
I love this photo of Lukas which Didi had sent to me later :) I had grown very fond of Didi's family when we were invited over for a meal. Fun games and a great dinner.
After lunch, Chris and I took the tram once again to Hauptplatz. Not for more eating but to do some serious last minute shopping for the guys back in Singapore.
Saw 2 men playing chess on the floor tiles! How cool is that!!
Not forgetting also to grab some food from the highly recommended by michi's Leberkas Pepi.
Yet again, we rushed back to the Youth Hotel to pack all our shopping again into the luggages and left for the airport.
Having time to spare and feeling emotional, i sat there with my lappy, chatting, surfing, blogging.. and eating my leberkas.. :'( Tasted a little like sausages/luncheon meat/ham? I can't really explain it well again. :P
Reaching Frankfurt, we managed to get a train from the airport to near where our hotel was. But getting a little lost in the underground train station. And the funny thing is when I stop people to ask for directions, they were all tourists!! Hmm that is how touristy Frankfurt is. But finally we found a girl whose boyfriend was from Frankfurt and he finally pointed us in the right direction.
By the time we settled in, it was already almost 10?? Feeling a little hungry and thirsty, we rushed back again to the Hauptbahnof to grab a nice sandwich and some mineral water. *phew*
It was one long... tiring ... day...
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