Cold Nostalgia

Friday, February 07, 2014 @ Friday, February 07, 2014

Passau

We haven't reached the peak yet when this pic was taken, but this was exactly the moment my mind went, "Eh OMG, i've been here before!". Oh such a bummer (Not really, actually :D)

Passau ; (previously Latin: Batavis or Batavia) is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or "City of Three Rivers," because the Danube is joined at Passau by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.
Okay so i copied the lil intro up there from Mr. Wiki. Zulaiha Shereen and geography, like hello? Not a good combination.

So the story goes like this..

Shafara and I wanted to do something to celebrate the end our finals (Hurray!). So we decided to go to Passau since it's just one hour away from Deggendorf. A a lot nicer than Deggendorf, obviously. Sure i've been to Passau before, but i've never really searched about it, it's attraction and all. All i know is just, "It's a nice place." So yesterday i felt a little urge to search about Passau, and i found about Veste Oberhaus. It's a place where we could have a view from on top, overlooking the beautiful old city of Passau. The reviews about that place were also pretty convincing. It's a 45 minutes walk up the hill / stairs. Quite tiring for someone who has not gone for exercise for ages. But it sounds like a lot of fun so we thought we should give it a try ! And our aim was to watch the sunset view :D

So we climbed, and climbed... And climbed. The surrounding scenery was beautiful and creepy and the same time. We felt like we were in the movie Twilight. (betul, tak tipu). The hike up wasn't too extreme but there were a few steep areas and we had to be careful since it was kinda muddy. I name those the "scary phase". But that only lasts for a couple of minute, so all is good.

At some point while going up, I suddenly felt a little Dejavu. It's like I know where exactly we were heading to, but i wasn't too sure about it. And finally we almost reach the peak, a flashback came running in my head. I have actually been to Veste Oberhaus before. I've seen the view of Passau from a pretty high altitude. Point is, I've BEEN THERE ! But it didn't even cross my mind that Veste Oberhaus, the place i totally looked forward to going, is a place i've been in sometime in September last year. It's not even too long ago. Heck, it's only been five months!! Okay, i'm not totally crazy. The last time i went there, i went by bus from Deggendorf and straight to Veste Oberhaus. I wasn't at all keen about the trip, I went simply because i paid for the orientation week fees and i didn't wanna waste my money. So i went with a bunch of other international students. The bus ride was pretty damn boring but i gotta say i didn't regret joining the trip because of the view.

But this time it's different. I actually wanted to go there. So it wasn't a let down. The view was a lot more beautiful because today's weather was just wonderful. And I didn't go with a group of strangers, so the vibe is also very different. We had fun climbing / hiking up , and spent a good one hour up there. Just to enjoy the beautiful view during sunset and took a few, or let's just say a shit-load of photos :D A lil bit of mini photography session is always fun, no ? :)

We watched the sunset and it was pretty surreal. The view was simply breathtaking. Worth the sweat ! (yes, just being dramatic here, it's winter! didn't even sweat much, if not at all) And soon after that we decided to go down time since we didn't wanna walk in the dark. That would be.... unimaginable. And the walk down was obviously a lot faster. We went down using the exact same route but feels like it was ten times shorter. Well that's pretty normal ain't it? :)

Sunset :)

Since our main goal was Veste Oberhaus during sunset, we had a little time to kill. So we walked along the river, and chilled for a while at the 'playground'.

Photographer Fara in action.

Probably one of the most calming way to read the newspaper.

Landing. Sumpah best.

Self-twofie.

So i think that's about it. This was the perfect way to release our stress from hectic weeks of examinations. Next up is Munich ! :D Hopefully our trip to Munich tomorrow will be just as fun :) Or fun-er, even better !

Oh, I almost forgot. We ended the day by joining the Mannheim students for dinner. Ten of them are here in Deggendorf for snowboarding. Had dinner with them two nights in a row at the exact same place. Haha. Thank god this time, I actually ordered something else. Trying to be a lil bit adventurous with food now.. Hehe.

Here's a pic of my kind of fancy dinner !
Ish, lapar pulak bila post gambar makanan.

Till then.

Zully Wully Schwully

xoxo