Velle Cooks | Bittergourd Egg

Bah Kut Teh with Tong-O, stir fried wombok (cabbage) with shrimp and bittergourd fried egg.

Velle Cooks | Fish Soup with seafood

Velle Cooks | Tomato Prawns

• tomato ketchup tiger prawns
• potato carrot pork rib soup
• bak choy with razor clams

10D7N Italy | Civita Di Bagnoregio

Met our guide at the foot of Civita Di Bagnoregio. There's a public bus that takes tourists to the entrance of the city where you can get tickets in.

Our escape from the city and to Civita Di Bagnoregio - a village perched on a precarious rockstack. Founded in the 7th century, accessible via a pedestrian bridge, the Romanesque San Donato Church sits in the main square.

The walk up was treacherous and very tiring for the elderly. Lucky thing for us, we did this walking tour as our age, if it was 30 years later...hmm maybe too difficult for me!

By the 16th century, Civita di Bagnoregio was beginning to decline due to its soil profile. Every year, the village is losing approx 1cm around its side due to earthquakes, soil erosion and all things mother nature.
At the end of the 17th century, many of the villagers were forced to move to Bagnoregio because of a major earthquarke that accelerated the old town's decline. It was turning into an island and the pace of the erosion quickened as the layer of clay below the stone was reached in the area where today's bridge is situated.

This village is much admired for its architecture spanning several hundred years. Civita di Bagnoregio owes much of its unaltered condition to its relative isolation; the town was able to withstand most intrusions of modernity as well as the destruction brought by two world wars. The current population is about 7 people.

It is currently placed on the World Monument Fund's 2006 Watch List of the 100 Most Endangered Sites.

 Civita di Bagnoregio is noted for its striking position on top of a plateau of friable volcanic tuff overlooking the Tiber river valley.

10D7N Italy | Siena and Florence

GOOD MORNING!!!

early morning after breakfast, I went down to the vineyards for some phototaking!

Siena, a city in central Italy’s Tuscany region, is distinguished by its medieval brick buildings. The fan-shaped central square, Piazza del Campo, is the site of the Palazzo Pubblico, the Gothic town hall, and Torre del Mangia, a slender 14th-century tower with sweeping views from its distinctive white crown. The city’s 17 historic “contrade” (districts) extend outward from the piazza.

Medieval the buildings may be, but Siena’s main streets such as via di Città and via Banchi di Sopra are lined with small elegant and fashionable boutiques selling shoes, bags, clothing and fashion accessories.

The beautiful Siena Cathedral

 Piazza del campo (Campo Square) and the Mangia Tower. It's a UNESCO world heritage site.

 above: I'm standing at the Palio - where horse races are held twice a year!

 above: simple lunch. Pork sausage, potatoes and beans.

After lunch, we visited Florence that brought us to the Basilica of Santa Croce, Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio and Piazzale Michelangelo.

The Mercato Nuovo is also known as the "Porcellino" market for the bronze wild boar that is a popular tourist attraction. Nice to walk through but I didn't manage to buy any leather products here cos I came here too late and the shops were closing.

 Replica statue of David in the square. The Statue of David is completed by Michaelangelo in 1504, is one of the most renowned works of the Renaissance.

 statue of Leonardo da Vinci

 staute of Michaelangelo

 a famous gelato shop - Bar Perseo.

After a whole day of touring, we went back to our villa hotel. Had dinner at the hotel's restaurant which was in a glass house type of building facing a vast landscape of winery and verdant green. I went to the restaurant in my pajamas...all ready for a comfy dinner and all set to zzz.

 We ordered a bottle red from the hotel's vineyard, I had a lasagna while hubs had pork chops.