Reconstructed Soul

It's been a long time without postingan... currently I`m in Jakarta, back to my home...
The city still the same..a big city , with its big thing...Jakarta has all the story of a city...
traffic jam still exist...malls everywhere....flyover and off course the famous transjakarta ...
Actually I just came back from Yogyakarta yesterday visiting my grandmother ....
My family without my father spend the Christmas day with my uncles and their family all together. The weather changed everyday from sunshine to rain, usually at night...not very different with weather in Como but plus the snow off course....

The new semester will be started at 29 September...for it doesn't matter because officially I don't have another course to attend this semester...I just need to do the rest of the exams...

Hmm...wat...to venice again on 15-17 august accompanying Rama and his sister Lia...they trully reminded me with me and my sister...always had different opinion everytimes, a little fight migt happened suddenly just kept me busy and act as mediator mostly...
basicly they are nice...funny for sure...i know rama since we're in Germany when i attended the Deutschkurs in Darmstadt. We met occasionaly though...after that he studied in Wismar and I moved to Italy...now we meet again
Actually there's a lil problem when they came from the Orio airport in Bergamo from Barcelona..they got late for the flight and couldn't make it for the last train to Como...so i suggested them to spend the night at the airport in Bergamo rather than in Milano Centrale station because in the airport is safer than in the station
Early in the morning the arrived in Como...then I picked up at the San Giovanni station...walked through the city center then to my flat...well after that they put their stuff.
We decided to go to Venice that day in order not to waste more time...
We took the train from Como and managed to bypass the schedule by taking an earlier train than scheduled...even the officer remind us that we to pay from Milano Centrale when we're changing train to Venice because we didn't have any reserved seat for the exact train we used. The officer charged us for 8 euro each..so ..hmm..but for sure in Milano Centrale we asked another officer for sure in hope we didnt need more to pay..but amazingly this time he asked higher price 10 euro each!!! how come...!!! not only we have to pay more but he raised the f price....!! eheheehe "well you're in Italy now", I said to Rama, nothing here 100% fixed... everything changed...!!!



After arrived at St. Lucia station in Venice we went directly to the hostel. After that we went out to have dinner at night and than a lil explored the island of Venice.
At tomorrow we decided to go to Murano, Burano and Torcello. We took the boat after buy one day ticket. Heyy it was fun and the weather so nice. In the night we traveled near San Marco square took picture saw the big yacht at the harbouring... hmm this must be belong for rich people.

The last day we went to Rialto and enter the museum at Piazza San Marco...we spent our time mostly at the main island..my friends bought some souvenirs, the mask off course and just walking around the crowded places..took picture etc..

This time I tried my luck passing the Swiss-Italian border to go to Lugano in Switzerland. From Como it is very2 near to Switzerland maybe only 3 minutes by train just one station ahead after Como San Giovanni and you'll arrived at Chiasso.

I knew I don't have valid documents..my permesso already expired one year ago! Because if you want to go to Lugano you'll pass at Chiasso as border point. Here the train stopped several minutes..came the officer...two big guys checking my documents..I tried to keep calm...I knew if they said I cannot go further I'll just return to Como.

And lucky me the officer let me go on even he checked my expired permesso. He asked if I lived in Italy and I said yes...allora va bene tutto aposto...va avanti...ehehehe grazie mille signor!!

I must admit I havent visit all part of the city particularly the museums...There so many museums in this city. I'll consider to visit them next time...because I heard the Museum of Art here is worthed to be visited by tourist beside my leg didn't permit me to walk more... :(
Allright then see you another time!!!

Visiting Bergamo..
Two distinct places..Città alta (hill city) and citta bassa ( downtown) .Città alta gives a beautiful surrounding landscape view down to lower city..
The city itself offered many places to visit..mostly piazza, church, museum, shop




From the bus station to città alta...along a big boulevard




There are many resto, bar and hotel along the road on with the upper city back ground.
By the edge of the foothill there are funicolare served people to go the città alta




Also there is pathway leading to the upper city from another router..free and healthy and test your stamina of course! :P



Before entering the upper city we must pass through a hill gate..I reckon from the lion symbol on the front side of gate, this city must be under Venetian's control along time ago
The big square (Piazza della Vecchia) there is a nice fountain there.




Buildings in Città Alta



Civil tower transformed into a museum



Church and tomb



Museum of Science. This museum offered you a lot of collection of animal from low animal (single cell) until complex one.



Missing link :))



A store's collection


Piazza della Cittadella



Lower city view





Flag of Bergamo and view of the city with its main street on the right



Couples buildings and villas



Sweaty...After a day long with summer sunshine...hiking and climbing the city..so hot and tired..dont need tan good for the skin




A castle on the top of the city...lower city view

Berhubung ga ada temen travel...ya udah deh gw jalan sendiri aja. Nyari yang ga jauh2 deeh...ya udah gw putusin ke Lecco. Nih kota sebenernya mirip Como adanya di ujung sebelah timur dari Lago di Como. Juga salah satu sede dari Politecnico di Milano. Tapi setelah liat2 di googlemaps..ternyata Lecco tuh agak beda dengan Como, biar secara posisi sama2 di Lago di Como tapi ternyata lake di Lecco itu ga mentok di kotanya tapi terus membujur lakenya ke selatan and ga berenti aliran airnya di lake tapi jadi bottle neck gitu membentuk little stream yang kalo ditelusuri akan bermuara di teluk Venesia.





Anyway gw cabs jg naek bus dari stazione Como Lago...setelah muter2 nyari tempat beli karcis..geblek deh loket karcisnya...ga ada orangnya dan ga ada yang pemberitahuan gt...jadi banyak orang yang ngantri pada mo beli tiket tapi ga ada penjaganya...!! Itali2....kayak Indo juga...hehhehe...
Udah abis itu pas busnya dateng gw beli tiket ama supirnya jadinya...on board gt ternyata bisa n pas gw liat ada mesin karcis dalem bis...ehehehe oo gt toooh...ya kasih tau kek biar semua orang ga pada binguung...dsr mafiaa....!!! loooooh...sewott :))

Selama perjalanan di Lecco gw perhatiin ternyata Lecco tuh dikelilingin bukit2 juga mirip Como tapi bedanya disini bukitnya keliatan lebih jelas karena ada beberapa gugusan bukit yang udah tererosi ...dan letaknya juga lebih dekat dengan kotanya...bener2 jadi latar belakang kotanya selain lakenya yang dipinggir-pinggir banyak gedung, rumah dan villa2 juga..

Di pusat kota lagi rame ada Sunday market...banyak stand2 penjual barang2 antik..







Lakebank of Lecco...jadi pengen berenang maen2 air summer gini...enak kali yaaa...