Miki, Rafa and Diyanazman’s Euro Road Trip 2013

Salam blog readers!

It has been ages I know! If you have been to this blog for the past 2-3 weeks you would probably see really weird entries with nothing but just one pic. Well that actually updates from my Instagram. I wasn’t able to update long entries because we went on THE MOST AWESOME VACATION EVER!

We had the most terrific adventures, meet wonderful people, enjoyed beautiful scenery, savored delicious food, shop till we drop, had our first Disneyland thrill and fun and so much more… From 23 May until 5 June 2013, Azman and I took our kids, Miki and Rafa to Europe. It was a perfect vacation!

From KL we flew to Frankfurt, Germany via Dubai. In Germany we visited my sister, Shanaz and brother in law, Abdullah who lives in Wolfsburg. With them, we travelled to Berlin, Stuttgart and later to Paris, France. From Paris we stopped for awhile at Brussels, Belgium in our way to Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From Netherlands we went back to Germany, back to Wolfsburg and that’s when we visited the city of Hannover before we went back to KL from Hamburg. Altogether we traveled to 4 capital cities of 4 European countries in about 2 weeks. And the best thing about it, we had all the adventures as one big happy family!

Being the blogger that I am, of course I would like to jot down all the stories from our first European trip before they were all gone from my grey matter. It would probably take more than 5 entries, full of pictures and great memories for us and the kids to read later.

But where should I start? Ok, how about in KL…

On 22 May, a day before our flight to Germany, Miki got sick. We were doing last minute shopping at Midvalley at around 8pm when he suddenly vomited the floor. And then he vomited again and again and again. He also had a temperature. At midnight we went to  KPMC. I told the doctor she must make my son well for our flight that was less than 18 hours hours. I was nervous, worried, helpless and extremely sad looking at sickly baby. The doctor must have given him something strong because the last time he puked was at 4 am and that was the last. He was still very-very weak however, we had to spoon feed him and constantly wiping his body with damp towel to keep the temperature down.  By noon 23 May, his temp was back to normal but he was so weak he was hardly sitting down, but just lying helplessly not saying a word. He cut my holiday mood by 80%.

But we went anyway,and in the cab to the airport, he slept soundly, in the airport he laid down on Rafa’s stroller.

“Bye! Miki and Rafa are going to Germany!” Look at Miki.. see how he can’t even hold his peace sign together.

And then we had to take the aerotrain.

A train? He said. And suddenly he jumped off the stroller and start jumping around, asking question one after another. And once we boarded the A380, Miki saw how huge it is, how all the seats have screen with hundreds of movies and tv shows and games that he could play; he was well again 100 %! As if the air in the cabin contained some magic antibiotic that cures sick people within seconds. All I wanted to say was – “KO  NI BETUL SAKIT KE APA MIKI?” haishh…Sakit jiwa Mummy risaukan ko!

Rafa comeli – kecik-kecik dah jalan jauh… Mummy dulu jalan pergi Penang KL aje…

See above pic, the three of us in the KLIA aerotrain. See how Miki is suddenly looking all fine and his mulut potpetpotpet aishhhhh… Rafa was also doing his thang – orang Perak said, mengelejat or squirming! For no reason!

From KL we flew 7 hours to Dubai. Later I will write about traveling with baby and some things to ensure ease and comfort. At Dubai, the transit took 5 -6 hours, and we were given meal vouchers. I love Dubai airport, it is like a  huge shopping mall for you to spend your moolah! haha. But we were more excited about meeting Shanaz and Abdullah in Germany…

From Dubai, we took another 7 hours flight to  Frankfurt. We arrived at 9am German time and it was well… SEJUK!

Abdullah drove all the way from Wolfsburg to fetch us at the airport. Actually I do not know how to express our gratitude to Abdullah and Shanaz because they treat us like VIP throughout the trip… Thank you again guys!!

From Frankfurt to Wolfsburg we feast our eyes with terrific early spring view of Germany. We see endless fields raps (rapeseed or canola plants) with the brightest yellow flowers. The seeds of these flowers are processed into cooking oil and even biodiesel. Shanaz uses it in her kitchen and I think it taste very good. Among the yellow fields dotted with bright green trees are gigantic power windmills, standing tall and strong. Miki said “Hey, that’s a transformer!” Haha! And later he remembers that he saw it in “Real Steel”. I think it was shown for about 3 seconds in the beginning of the movie and somehow Miki can recall it. Macam-macam lah Miki!

From the fast moving car that Abdullah was driving, we also see these gorgeous German village that reminds me of these images I made inside my head while reading Enid Blyton or some fairy tales books when I was a child…

On our way from Frankfurt to Wolfsburg, we stopped at a restaurant called MAXI, because I was extremely kebulur. Although Shanaz was waiting at home and she was cooking, I still need to eat something LOL. It is my first meal in the Europe. I had fish with vegetables and potatoes. Miki had fries with mayo. Rafa had baby food supplied by Emirates. Azman tak lalu makan langsung. LOL.

Miki hadn’t meet Cik Abi (that’s what he calls him) for a long time but he has always been his favorite. Cik Abi is my best friend, katanya… And throughout the entire 2 weeks, Abi patiently put up with Miki’s level of annoyingness that is beyond belief! LOL… See even Rafa loves Cik Abi!

This is our first family pic in Europe. We hadn’t take a shower in 24 hours. LOL!

My first meal in Germany. It is delicious… I wish I know they make that vege salad.

Rafa’s first food in the Europe… Farley’s ada tulisan jawi… haha

I am very impressed with the restaurant. I don’t know if it is a fancy restaurant or not… but it is just situated along the highway and near a petrol station. But the set up, the decor, the service is very good. The interior of the restaurant is something like what we used to have in Dave’s Deli in Malaysia, only 10 times nicer and grander. They have activity sheet and color pencil for the kids, kalau kat Malaysia we only get this treatment in expensive restaurant. Restaurant sebelah highway kat Malaysia bagi apa? Muka waitress pun macam cuka. Hmmm… the Maxi’s waitresses, although didn’t speak English but still friendly and helpful.

So my first impression of the Germans? (Actually the first German I met was of course Abdullah lah! Masa dia berdating dengan adik aku haha!) Very nice people! I loike…

Haha! More stories and pictures coming.. Thanks for reading! Danke!

Next : Euro Vacation Day 2 – Sightseeing and Shopping in Wolfsburg Germany