#750 - Mid Year Trip : Semarang

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As you can read at my previous entry, these last two days I was in Semarang. Well, we went on this trip because my parents decided to buy a new car (and as a result, sold one of my older car).

So, on Sunday we went to the church first in the morning, just as usual. We departed at about 11 AM and planned to take a slow ride since we had so many time to spare. We stopped by at a coffee house about 15 minutes before Ambarawa. It was quite large and I ordered a puyunghae which was not tasty at all, haha. Then, we continued our trip and stopped at Kerep Cave at Ambarawa. Kerep Cave is a Mary Cave, mainly visited by pilgrims. Surprisingly, we met some of our relatives there! haha... . After spending about an hour there, including eating bakso and sate (LOL), we left Kerep Cave and proceeded to Semarang.

In Semarang, we went to my parents' friend's house first. There, we left our car there and took our new car beside also did some guesting stuffs, LOL. This friend has been really kind to help us find this car. Then, we went to our hotel to check in and took a rest for a while. We then had dinner at S2 Restaurant which apparently was in their last day of their promotional campaign: only Rp 1,- for 1 appetizer, 1 main course, and 1 desert!! WTF!! S2 is an exclusive restaurant, and of course this campaign attracted many people to come. The restaurant is big but many people still had to stand in line to get tables. Lucky my parents' friend had a special invitation so we didn't have to queue plus the invitation meant free meals for anything you like! We could order anything for free until our stomach 'blowed out', LOL. We were there until about 9.30 PM then we went back to our hotel.

On Monday, we left our hotel at about 9 AM and I firstdrove this new car. I was kinda nervous at first but after getting adjusted to it, it was just fine, haha. We went to some places to get some gifts, then we went to DP Mall. After that, we went to my parents' friend's house and had lunch at a chinese food restaurant after that. Then, at about 2.30 PM we left Semarang and went back to Jogja, hehe.

That was all the story of my short trip to Semarang :) Btw, it had been really a while since I last visited Semarang. Probably the last time was when I was in elementary school, hmmm

::: soto Kridosono

::: not tasty puyunghae

::: Kerep Cave

::: a park in Kerep Cave

::: bakso at Kerep Cave

::: sate at Kerep Cave

::: the city of Semarang

::: some of our meals at S2

::: I firstly ordered "Devil's Advocate" ice cream but it was sold out so I got this instead, something like "Shaky Boom Boom" something ice cream, LOL. Unlukcy the waffles which was supposed to be its 'plate' was sold out.

::: a unique ice: crunchy bakso ice

::: the city of Semarang (2)

BAHASA INDONESIA

Seperti yang bisa dibaca di posting sebelumnya, dua hari terakhir ini aku pergi ke Semarang. Yah, perjalanan ini dilakukan karena orangtuaku memutuskan untuk beli mobil baru (dan sebagai hasilnya, menjual sebuah mobil yang udah lama).

Jadi, di hari Minggu kita pergi ke gereja dulu, seperti biasa. Kita baru berangkat jam 11an siang dan berencana untuk santai2 saja karena ada banyak waktu. Kita berhenti di sebuah rumah kopi kira2 15 menit sebelum Ambarawa. Tempatnya besar dan aku memesan puyunghae yang rasanya sih untukku tidak enak sama sekali. Trus, kita melanjutkan perjalanan dan berhenti di Goa Kerep di Ambarawa. Goa Kerep adalah goa Maria, yang biasanya dikunjungi peziarah. Tak disangka, kita ketemu saudara disana! haha... . Setelah menghabiskan waktu kira2 sejam disana, termasuk makan bakso dan sate (LOL), kita meninggalkan Goa Kerep dan menuju Semarang.

Di Semarang, kita pergi ke rumah temennya ortuku dulu. Disana, kita meninggalkan mobil lama kita dan mengambil mobil barunya dan tentu saja bertamu dulu dong, LOL. Teman ini baik banget udah membantu kami mencari mobil ini. Trus, kita pergi ke hotel untuk check in dan istirahat sebentar. Kemudian kita makan malam di Restoran S2 yang ternyata sedang dalam hari terakhir promosi mereka: hanya Rp 1,- untuk 1 makanan pembuka, 1 menu utama, dan 1 pencuci mulut!! WTF!! S2 kan restoran yang lumayan eksklusif tuh dan tentu saja promosi ini menarik banyak orang datang. Restorannya besar lho dan walau begitu sampai ada banyak orang yang harus mengantri dulu. Untungnya temennya ortuku mendapat undangan khusus sehingga kita tak harus antri dan ditambah lagi kita bisa memesan menu apa pun gratis! Kita bisa pesan menu apa aja deh sampe 'muntah2' juga, LOL. Kita disana sampe sekitar jam 9.30 malam kemudian balik ke hotel.

Di hari Senin, kita meninggalkan hotel sekitar jam 9 pagi dan aku pertama kalinya nih menyetir mobil baru ini. Pertamanya agak grogi juga cuma setelah membiasakan diri sih nggak masalah juga koq, haha. Kita pergi ke beberapa tempat untuk beli oleh2 dulu kemudian mampir di DP Mall. Habis itu kita pergi ke rumah temennya ortuku kemudian makan di restoran chinese food. Setelahnya, sekitar jam 2.30 sore, kita meninggalkan Semarang dan balik ke Jogja, hehe.

Itulah cerita perjalanan singkatku ke Semarang kali ini :) Btw, udah lama banget lho aku nggak ke Semarang. Rasanya terakhir kali waktu masih SD deh, hmmm