Heemmm...welcome back to world of reality....been thinking how should i approach in tabulating the layout of my 16 days trip around Europe....should i do it chronologically or mix n match of stories..part by part??...ok let see what come out...how much i have the adrenalin to type..heheheee
Joining the budget tour organize by Kelana Convoy, comment...real budget to the max...minimum supervision but best of all great experience alhamdulillah.
What can i say...the experience gain is just out of my wildest dream. I can't thank Allah enough for this wonderful opportunity and rezeki...the county visited is just too beautiful subhanallah.
Recap :
Day 1
Departed from Park Lane, London
at 8am and once arrived the bus is nearly full, thus we only manage to get on the far end of the sit in the coach :P then travel down to Kentabury to pickup another 2 people...a couple who turn out to be the only married couple in the trip. Abg Andy and Kak Ina. Both are very lovely couple and very entertaining.
Stop at the train station to get into undersea train that connect UK and Europe..such and experience and again buy something...hahhaa...what else card game...to fill in the time...and we'll play all the way in the bus...
Oh not to forget got my self a new book for the trip The Social Animal then we head to Belgium, and 1st stop P&J for Belgian chocolates!
Then continue into
Holland, we'll set up camp near Amsterdam. 1st night as been agreed by the other girls to set up a tent instead of cabin...yeaaa...such a wonderful experience...Great camping site...very2 clean place and very quite area except for 1 tent near us who party all night up till 5 am...in which i did not bother at all as once i am in the sleeping bag...straight away in the wonderland....just pity my other friends who keep on mumbling about it...
Amsterdam and Volendam
After breakfast, we drive
to the picturesque Dutch fishing and cheese village of Volendam. Before that stop at one of the local place to watch how cheese and dutch wooden shoes are being made. Then its start to rain, slowly but surely getting heavier each hours..then we walk around the village in the heavy rain looking for cheap goodies and seafood for lunch.
1 important facts about this place is that they are the expert in diamond cutting all over the world. As my pocket now label as student i can only watch the places...not dare to get in...as to avoid myself from sakit hati....hahahhaha :P And note that the village is actually on a the dam (barrier built along Holland to hold back sea water) and marvel
at the fact that most of Holland is below sea level.
Then we pose for a memorable picture by the windmills. Then head straight to the capital city of Hollad....Amsterdam. We took the ride in the canals and get a better understanding of the historical information about the place.
3 interesting facts :
1 ) Majority of the houses there is very high
2 ) And most of it is till-ted style
3) Each house have a hook on top of the house
Reasons :
1 ) Majority of the houses there is very high ( Amsterdam historically always have flood in the old days)
2 ) And most of it is till-ted style ( they try to show that their house is bigger compared to others in a very subtle way as Catholic forbid them to be extravagant...i find it very amusing..really)
3) Each house have a hook on top of the house ( on this part please refer to the fact no1...the hook can be used to transfer the furniture from the lower level to the higher one without much hassle...on one more important facts their window a super larger...the size is the same with their own door)
Then we wonder around the city and nearly get into the red light district...in which we already make run out off it.
Historical information why Amsterdam have such a big and popular red district area compared to others is because the area is a famous port since the Medieval time till now...thus lots of ship will dork there and by saying that lot of sailor will go down at the area to find girls and smoke weed.
I am serious, weed are being sell openly there in the coffee house and clearly stated in the menu and customer can order and enjoy it in the open area. Their liberal thinking is just too much for me. Sex and pleasure is openly practice...they even have Sex museum openly wide for public.
As for the good thing about Amsterdam is that, there people the is very2 tall. The main transportation is Bicycle...the old version one...every where you see the people the a very slim. If a mother have 2 child the bicycle will be modified to fit the kids...and if they have pet..there will have very cute basket either in front or behind as their passenger.
Oh their also have electric car everywhere, even you can rent that widely available it around the city park near the canals.
