家有喜事～～

转眼间，孩子长大，娶老婆了～～

几时轮到他们呢？

lastly… a group photo of the 长辈～～

after staying a night in the old town of cesky krumlov…

we got up early so as to seize the day~~

‘we are on the road again~~~’

i hate waking up early… but i have to admit sometimes u get amazing pictures with the change in the morning lighting

various colours n weather on the way to prague~~

first things first… old town square~~

up to the prague castle~~~

next must-go place : charles bridge

u prob noticed 2 diff lightings, yes i went back to prague town the next morning…

yes… it’s another xmas market~~~

i went up the astronomical clock tower… those ‘dots’ were people gathered to watch the astronomical clock…

for the less-than-a-minute action at the top of the hour~~~

my fave food in europe~~~

~THE END~ of the winter europe trip i mean…

after several days on the luxurious ‘floating’ hotel, it’s time it docked n bid farewell to us~~~

so we parted at linz~~ bye~~~

we spent some time at linz~~~

then it’s time to move on~~~

before hitting prague, stopover at cesky krumlov!!

Český Krumlov is a small city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, best known for the fine architecture and art of the historic old town and Český Krumlov Castle. Old Český Krumlov is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was given this status along with the historic Prague castle district. ~wikipedia.org~

but it was raining~~~ quite heavily~~~ n i had no umbrella!!!

look carefully n u can prob spot droplets…

check out the view at night~~~ nice hor~~~ but still raining!!!

lastly… a familiar brand in cesky krumlov~~~

next stop : prague, final stop of the winter europe holiday~~

i m seriously lagging in my blogs…

paisei la hahahaha thank you for visiting marybukoh.com tho it didn’t win at the recent SRA…

your viewing is definitely more important than that purplish trophy~~~ ;p

so.. this is melk abbey, austria…

no words from me can fully describe how fabulous this place is~~~

how a cockroach will see the melk abbey square?!

The magnificent baroque building has been undergoing extensive restoration work since 1978, and large-scale adaptations have been carried out for the areas of the school, the guest house, culture, and tourism. In this way Melk Abbey presents itself to visitors today as one of Austria’s highlights and as Europe’s great cultural ensemble.

http://www.stiftmelk.at/englisch/index.html

into the indoor museum that must be guided n doors locked after entering~~~

the coffin that can be used over n over again!!!

room 9

the marble hall~~

The room served as a dining hall for the imperial family and other distinguished guests, as well as a festival hall.

The terrace is the balcony connecting the Marble Hall and the library. From the terrace you have a wonderful view of the Danube, the scenery of the Wachau valley, and the town of Melk.

The library of the Melk abbey consists of a total of twelve rooms containing about 1.888 manuscripts, 750 incunabula (printed works before 1500), 1700 works from the 16th, 4500 from the 17th, and 18.000 from the 18th century; together with the newer books, approximately 100.000 volumes in total. About 16.000 of these are found in this library room. They are organized by topics: beginning with editions of the Bible in row I, theology (rows II to VII), jurisprudence (row VIII), geography and astronomy (row VIIII), history (rows X to XV), and ending with the baroque lexica in row XVI.

THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!!! The high point of the baroque monastery is the church.

really really really v v v nice!!!!

only the time allowed is too short… the guides there really strict~~~

hmmm ‘strict’ abbey too~~

next up: cesky krumlov, czech