Finding Gelato by Arifa Tariqa Imani

Last holiday, me and my friends decided to enjoy a three-days trip to Bandung. We’ve done a trip together before, we went to Yogyakarta, and believe me, it was a lot of fun, even though we just spent two days there. And because of all of that, we call ourselves “Travel Buddies” and we planned to do lots of trip ahead. The “Travel Buddies” are me, Tania, Taya, and Rana. Fortunately, none of us are OSIS or MPK so we didn’t have to join the Trip Observasi and we can arrange our own holiday.

We stayed in one of the hotels in Braga, which is the night-life place of Bandung, and this is where the story began. On the second night, we just finished eating at Sate Maulana Yusuf, and Rana craved for gelato. We did see a gelato shop in Braga, which was not far from our hotel, so, we decided to spend the night on Braga Street, looking for gelato.

When we arrived in Braga, we immediately went to the shop that we saw before. Unfortunately, the shop was closed. Rana was disappointed, but then we continued our journey to find the gelato shop. We entered lots of shop, but well, we barely saw the word “GELATO” in the menu. Then, Tania remembered something. She said that there is some kind of bakery that sells gelatos. It’s located on Tamblong Street. We were so pumped (especially Rana) because finally we got the chance to eat gelato that night, but, we didn’t consider how we get there. I spontaneously reached my phone and opened a GPS application. The bakery was only a couple of meters from where we stand. Well yeah, we decided to walk, which wasn’t a very good decision, because the sun had set and we had no adult to look after us.

I was the leader of our journey, because the GPS was on my phone, but somehow, I misread the direction. We got lost, and I was truly sure that my friends were pissed off. We had to walk back to the place where I opened my GPS for the first time. Then, we realised that it was quite far to walk. We tried to find to a taxi, but we didn’t found one, so, we decided to go with the flow and enjoy our walk to Tamblong Street.

By the time we got there, the bakery was CLOSED. We were so disappointed (once again, especially Rana). We sadly agreed to get back to our hotel, but this time, by a taxi (luckily we found one). In the end, before we got back to our hotel room, we stopped at Wendy’s and bought a soft-served ice cream. Well, at least we still had a chance to eat something frozen.