*burp*yawn*

*wahlaueh~

Finally, post about Amsterdam!
Am so lazy to post here since I already wrote about it in my diary. (wah, got diary wor)
And the photos are still in my camera. (have to curi-curi download and edit in office u know)
But here is a summary of it yar....

Friday night after work, rushed home to get my luggage, and rushed to the bus station to meet the others at 21:00. After getting out of the U-Bahn station, I did'nt know where the direction of the station was. I spotted a Polizei nearby and rushed to ask him directions. Mr. Polizei did't know the station I wanted to go. I wanted to go to the S-Bahn but he kept pointing me back to the U-Bahn that i just came with. Luckily a nice uncle (who speaks perfect English) showed me the way. The place was just right round the corner! It was already 21:15, so i ran as quickly as I could. Reached there and Duygu, Mariam and Joao was already there.

We proceed to the bus station to buy the tickets. We were told there were no more tickets to Amsterdam eventhough we has reservations! We would have to buy it in the bus?! So we waited for the bus to come. It's supposed to depart at 22:00, but it was not there yet. We passed the time chatting nonsense, comparing each others passports and learning Portugese, Turkish, Persion and Malay....hehe....

Finally when the bus came half and hour late, the driver told us we CANNOT get on the bus without tickets and there's no such thing as buying in the bus! ... what the ... We dili dalied, argued ... etc...finally we got on the bus. So, to Amsterdam we go. The journey was not a plesant one. The seat was uncomfortable and there was awful toilet smell every now and then. We reached Amsterdam at 06:45. (So weird la, we left late but arrived earlier than expected wor...)

From the station to our hostel, we took a tram. We took the tram without paying! hehe .... all the while in the tram we think of excuses to give if we were caught.... but...we were lucky. :p Amsterdam is not that big a city, we managed by foot most of the time. The weather in Amsterdam is really crazy. One minute rain, one minute sun shine, then rain, then sun shine.... ingat, kalau pigi Amsterdam sediakan payung sebelum hujan ok.

So what did we do/visit there.... we went to the Van Gogh Museum which is a MUST if you're enthusiatic about art (if you're not just skip this. It's €10 to go in). The best part of the trip for me was the boat ride along the canals. Oh, we of course went to the place most tourist would definitely go. Amsterdam's famed red light district... it was a real... 'eye opener'... haha....too bad....cannot take photos there.

One thing's for sure, Amsterdam is REAL EXPENSIVE leh.... döner kebab for €6!! (berlin can get for €2 ya), mineral water for €2,50! wahlaueh!
On the second day during breakfast, we curi-curi tarpao-ed bread, jams, cheese from the hostel for our lunch leh.... so kiasu....hahaha .... even take tram also kena curi-curi .... like little thieves... hehe...
Came back to Berlin on Sunday night, so we reached here early morning, and straight to work! I bet none of us were working hard that morning...

All in all, Amsterdam is a beautiful place, everyone should visit it at least once.... (and don't forget to bring lots of sandwiches with you....)


Selamat Datang ke Amsterdam!


L-R: Me, Maryam & Maryam (Iran), Renata (Brasil), Duygu (Turkey), Clayton & Joao (Brasil)


The girls at the Van Goh Museum...


View of Amsterdam canals....


View of canal at dusk...


Madame Tussaud...too expensive to go in....so we pose for photos outside...


That's Julia Roberts yo!


Souveniurs were too expensive .... so we took photo of the whole souveniur shop... kiamsiap abit la... this is my souveniur to you guys ya....


Rows and rows of colourful clogs...


Miniature 'red light district'. (did'nt get to take photos of the real one)


Miniature Amsterdam....so cute right..


We stayed here ........ not.....


The actuall 'Hotel' that we stayed at.... just imagine how it's like inside...

posted by swern @ 12:07 AM