Europe 2012: Goodbye Amsterdam

DAY 4:

Today is our last day in Amsterdam..

The city of canals, bicycles, cheese, windmills, clogs and much more..

Err.. I shud have mention weed too..

Hahahah. The whole city reeks of weeds ok..

And no.. I did not try any..

Purely because.. I'm a ciken.. Hahahah..

Ye la youols.. Aku nih dah la ade history mini stroke..

And my travel insurance harus tak cover any existing condition..

Kang tgh sedap2 layan weed kang trigger mini stroke tak pasal jek youols..

So jgn  nak ngengada..

And since Leman takde kaki nak layan.. Last2 dia pon amik bau kat street jek la.. Wahahahah..

 As usual.. We started our day with 2 cups of lattes and various breakfast. Today we had an english breakfast.. Sedap gila.. Hehe..

 Bila peruts dah keyang.. baru la senang hati kita nak explore pekan..

Our flight to Rome was not until 6 pm.. So we still had a lot of time to kill before making our way to Schipol Airport..

 Exploring more canals..

 Took pictures of more bikes..

 Bergambar dgn sebarang objek yg menarik perhatian..

 Bergambar dgn aksi2 yg menggembirakan diri sendiri .. (bila takde orang lain nampak.. hahahhaha)..

 Basically just walking around town holding hands.. Doing everything and nothing.. *bliss*

 After doing all of the above.. Tengok jam.. Hek ellleeee.. Takkan baru setengah jam kot?? Hahahhaha.. 

So we went to see the famous Anne Frank House..

That was EUR19 yg tak berbaloi langsung yg kitaorg spent..

No need to go plis.. Bayar EUR19 for 2 pax.. Kitaorg masuk tak sampai 20 minit kot,..

Serius takde apepe.. Rumah/ gudang lama tempat Anne Frank and family dia menyuruk zaman nazi dulu2..

Kita org melayu nih confirm takkan appreciate muzium2 mcm nih.. Aku tgk omputih kat dalam tuh kusyuk gak la membaca and mendengar and meneliti bahan2 pameran..

Aku ngan Leman..

Lalu jek.. Pehtu..

Nextttttt....

 Satu lagik gambar "masterpiece" yg akak tangkap.. *ishkk..so plofessional  kan*

 Pehtu depan sikit daripada Anne Frank tuh ade plak Tulip Museum..

Since we got somemore time to spare.. Kitaorg pon belasah jek la masuk kan.. Lagipon nih tak mahal.. EUR8 for 2 pax.. Wayyyyy nicer than the previous museum.. Huhuhu... Nih korang boleh masuk tapi kalau tanak masuk pon takpe,. Kecik jek museum dia  nih..

 Tak jumpa tulip betul.. Dapat tulip tipu pon jadikla.. huhuh..

And then we went back to our hotel utk pick up luggages (dah check in awal2 tadik)..
and off we went to the airport..

Take tram - Take train - Dah sampai airport..  Easy peasy! (sambil buat muka pelancong yg ekshen.. haha).

Tapi sebab bawak luggage bags yg berat takde la senang sgt sebenarnye.. Huhuhu..

 Notice we didn't wear our winter jackets.. Sebab dah packing cantik2 masuk dlm beg.. Kosser nak kelam kabut ngan winter jaket bagai dlm plane nanti kan.. Plus Rome nanti tak sejuk mcm Amsterdam.. Yeayyy..

 Menunggu train ke Schipol..

 Dekat jek from Amsterdam Centraal nih to Schipol Airport dalam 3-5 stops macam tuh..

Habis sudah cerita Leg 1.. Amsterdam..

I kinda like this city.. Panjang umur murah rezeki nanti kita boleh datang lagik insyaallah..

See you in Rome..

Europe 2012: Amsterdam - A day with windmills, clogs, cheese ad much more

DAY 3:

Kalau tgh honeymoon, cepat jek dah day 3 kan.
Today we purchased a tour with www.viator.com for Zaanshe Schans, Volandam and Marken..

(Note: We purchased a few tours with Viator.com at few of our stops, and we're happy with their services. Do check them out and consider the tours you're interested on, during your planning)

 This is how we start our day.. Sementara tunggu coffee mari kita blasah oren juice dulu.. That's croissant and cheese panini. Sedap gile! Hehe..

 We board the double decker bus again, and off we went to Zaanshe Schans..

 Dekat jek rupanye Zaanshe Schans nih ngan Amsterdam City.. sempat la tido tapi mungkin tak sempat bermimpi indah.. Hehe.. This was our first glimpse of windmills.. Terus kejakunan gitu.. Hehe..

 The view was sooo niceee.. Although it was freezing cold okey.. Walaupon matahari terang benderang, tapi mmg sejuk tahap gigil2.. Tapi tu yg best kan.. boleh feeling oversea lebey.. Hehe..

 Nama lagik honeymoon.. Iols amik gambar youols..Youols amik gambar iols.. Ulang process yg sama beratus ratus kali nak menyampaikan balik Malaysia nanti.. Hahaha..

 Turun bas tadik, kena berjalan sikit la dalam 1 km camtuh kot.. Macam masuk taman/ kampong kaedah nye.. Actually memula sbb nak ingat nak save duit, nak dtg sendirik jek naik train.. Tapi lepas tuh lecey lah plak nak pegi the other 2 stops sbb kalau naik train arah tak sama.. So kitaorg pon belasah jek la follow tours kan.. 

Actually I highly recommend this.. Pegi sendirik2 kaedah DIY, tapi sampai satu2 tempat tuh follow la mana2 tour yg berkenan.. Rest of the time i prefer free and easy lagik..

 Beautiful autumn leaves..

 More windmills.. terus rasa cam nak minum susu Dutch Lady.. eh tetiba kan.. Hehe,..

 Mase join tour nih  jumpa ramai gak orang Malaysia.. Tapi setakat nih bila bertembung ngan orang Malaysia kat oversea semua mcm tak friendly and kekwat  :P

 Kat sini jugak tgk cara2 buat terompah.. Tapi iols tak sexcited sgt sbb dia pakai mesin jek pon.. plus org dah kerumun penuh depan tu so iols yg pendek nih nampak belakang badan orang jek.. 

 Baik iols ajak Leman pusing2 satu kedai tangkap2 gambar mana yg patut.. Hehehe..  *that is me being super eksaited dpt pakai terompah besau*

And then naik bas pegi Marken but iols also cannot remember what i did in Marken.. Hahahah.. Eh wait, i think tempat Terompah nih kat Marken (kot). Huhuuhuh..

 And then kitaorg semua naik bas again and pegi Volandam plak.. First stop was this Cheese Factory..

This i likee..

Free cut size cheese for tasting babeh ;)

Makan la byk mana sukati kau *kalau agak2 tak malu.. time org tak nampak ko tonggeng terus pinggan kecik tuh masuk poket kau.. hahhaha*.. Err.. no.. i did not do that by the way..

 Pekan nih sgt cosy.. Apsal la Ayer Tawar tu takleh cantik cam nih kan.. Ishkk.. We had lunch snack of seafood finger foods here.. Which cause us about RM80 kalau convert.. Makan finger foods jek weihh... Tipah tertipu betoi.. Tapi dah namanye on holiday.. redho jek la.. Huhuhu.. *seb baik sedap*

 Mana mungkin bini dia nih kuar kedai tak shopping kan :P

 Lps dah lunch snack tadik.. Nampak plak org jual lempeng kecik2 nih.. Terus pandang Leman buat muka seposen *nak lettew*.. Leman pon konfius apesal bini dia nih tak kenyang2 padahal baru lepas makan ikan/udang/sotong segala.. Muahahha.. Blame it on the weather youols.. Bila sejuk process penjanaan makanan iols makin laju plak..

 Bila dah beli harus tak larat nak abeskan.. Sebab iols nak rase2 jek *plus iols kan kena jaga diet :P* .. and Leman plak tak suka makan mende manis2 nih.. So sbb takut Leman bising kata membazir iols ajak burung2 nih semua makan.. Hehehe.. *tengok burung pon boleh teringat "anak2 bulu" di tanahair (sambil kesat air mata)*

Lepas tuh by 230 dah sampai Amsterdam City balik.. tour nih 5 hours jek.. Kalau bukan musim sejuk ade la naik bot segala.. Tapi musim sejuk ko naik jek la bus tu jek.. Hehe..

 And then we spot this museum (tipu.. padahal dari semalam dah nampak tapi tak sempat masuk..muahahah).. Kawan aku yg pernah dtg sini ckp kalau dah sampai Amsterdam mesti pegi museum nih.. 

Note: Gambar2 berikut sesuai kategori 18sx dah keatas..  Kalau anda kanak2 bawah umur yg terbaca blog kakak nih, sila tekan butang pangkah!

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Ini baru masuk pintu dia.. Memula tu aku kat depan.. sekali ponggong kat dinding tuh "keluar angin" bila kau lalu.. tanjat boboi! Haahhaha.. Lepas tu aku tunggu kat atas tgk org lain plak kena.. Kelakar..

 Kahkahkah.. Gergasi tersalah sunat ke hapa nih..

Cukup la dua.. Just for sharing..

Kitaorg masuk pon takde la membelek satu2 pameran kat situ.. Like all other museum.. Kitaorg masuk dan kuar sepantas kilat kot.. :P

 Lepas tuh kitaorg pon sambung jalan2 lagik.. Lalu plak kat Tulips Market nih..

 Sekarang bukan musim bunga.. so takde Tulips pon kat Amsterdam nih.. Diorang jual bulbs dia byk.. Nak jek aku beli kalau mau dia idop kat Malaysia kan.. Tapi aku rase kalau aku nak tanam Tulips kena la letak dalam peti ais.. Huhu..

Pehtu kitaorg singgah beli coffee and croissant and balik hotel utk berehat2 dulu sebelom kuar dinner nanti..

Bini: "Husband, kita baring2 betulkan betulkan tulang dulu la okay.. Jap gi baru kita kuar dinner" 

Husband: "Okay.. Kang kita kuar balik kol  6 pm". (mase ni baru kul 530 pm)

Aku terjaga dulu.. Ingatkan dah pukul 7 petang..

Sekali tengok jam dah pukul 2.30 pagiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!

Uuuuwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

Nangessssssssss...

Jetlag jahat!!!

Laki bini "bersahur" biskut kering cicah serunding malam tuh.. (sob sob)

Europe 2012: Autumn in Amsterdam (Part 1)

DAY 2:

Goedmorgen or something. Hehe.

But people in Amsterdam speak (and don't mind speaking!) fluent english..

So most of the time kitaorg pon cakap omputih jek la kat sini..

Buat pe susah payah  nak belit2 kan lidah right (let's save that for later :P)

Anyway, 2nd day was spent walking and exploring Amsterdam City.. 

This is the area few steps from Acostar Hotel..

Kitaorg ni asalkan bukan backpackers hostel jek..

Even 2 stars hotel pon tak kisah (lagikpon standard 2 stars kat sana cantik mcm 3 stars dah)..

Janji clean and comfortable..

Acostar Hotel is only 2 stars.. But location wise it is superb..

Smack in the middle of the city so nak jalan malam2 pon tak takut..

Sini plak kol 530 mcm dah kol 730 kat Malaysia kan..

Tapi Amsterdam boleh tahan mahal sebab kitaorg boleh dapat 3 stars or even 4 stars kat the other cities with the same budget.. (nanti dah siap semua entries iols sharing our general budget okay)..

 Tram plak mmg byk.. Senang gila boleh purchase tiket kat dalam tram..

(Note: Try la carik tram yg ade kaunter kat tgh2 dia kalau baru nak beli tiket.. Kitaorg hari tuh sbb dah penat sgt pakai naik jek, sekali takde kaunter.. Bila beli dgn driver terus dia charge takde change.. Rugi gak kitaorg dlm EUR5.. Siot jek kan)

Amsterdam nih best.. Sebab tiket tram boleh beli yg valid for one whole day.. Kau just kena make sure ko "check in" and "check out" jek.. 

 Since it was such a lovely morning, we decided to just walk around on our own.. Bila penat kang baru kitaorg naik tram.. 

 Amsterdam byk sangat canals.. Ade beratus2 (if not seribu lebih).. Aku ingatkan Venice jek yg byk canals nih.. Hehe..

 Petu beskal pon byk.. Nyaris la 2-3 kali iols tak kena langgar beskal.. Hahahha.. Lepas tuh harus kena jerkah ngan "driver" beskal tuh.. Lepas tuh terpaksa la Leman pegang ketat2 :P 

 Ye la youols.. It was soooo nice.. So iols pon sebuk la snap picture sana sini.. Tu belom camera canggih lagik tuh.. Berbekal kan camera Samsung dual screen sorang satu jek.. And Leman slalu pendengki kalau tangkap gambar iols yg buruk2 jek.. Pfttttt!!  Iols kalau tangkap gambar dia semua yg kategori "masterpiece"jek okay :P.

 Kat obersea jumpa burung merpati pon jadik.. Hahahha.. Padahal dulu blakang bilik aku kat umah Ayer Tawar pon byk burung merpati.. *Berposing ngan merpati2 sambil berfikir.. goreng pon sodap nih.. Hahhaha*

 Ini dah nak dekat2 sampai area Damrak.. Damrak nih mcm centre gak la.. Dia sgt dekat ngan Amsterdam Centraal Station.. Kitaorg tak masuk pon Madame Tussaud tu sbb dah pernah masuk kat Paris dulu.. Not really our cup of tea..

 Punya la asek terkial2 amik gambar sana sini.. Kitaorg breakfast pon belom nih tau.. Hehe.. Kalau duduk sini 3 bulan mau akak kurus youols.. 

 Iols mmg suka melakonkan pelbagai gaya kalau tangkap gambar.. Masalahnye most of the time mase tuh la kamera Leman mengambil keputusan utk hang.. So iols akan kelihatan seperti orang nak terberak sambil menahan senyum sambil suruh Leman snap cepat2 sebab ai maluuuuu... Ishkkk...

 Akhirnya.. jumpa gak breakfast.. Yummerss.. 

Best nye on holiday.. Masalah paling hebat pon nak pilih nak makan ape pagi2.. Hehehe..

Leman tgh makan big breakfast without sausage and bacon.. Teringat big breakfast kat kampong halaman yg boleh bedal ape suka.. Huhuhu..

Sejak jejak kaki kat Europe semalam, kalau pasal makan kitaorg mmg tak berkira.. Memang takde la nak main convert2.. Rase nak makan ape kitaorg belasah jek janji perut kenyang suka hati (and of cos la it shud be halal/seafood/vegetarian).. 

Sebab kalau nak main convert2 mmg tak makan lah nanti.. That's why dari umah lagik kitaorg mmg dah ketepikan budget just untuk makan saje.. Hahhahaha.. Iols kalau perut masuk angin nanti mood pon masuk angin tau.. So Leman akan sentiasa pastikan bini gemok kesayangan dia tak lapar di perantauan.. Hahahha.. Tapi kalau nak beli barang tuh kitaorg convert la.. Sebab kalau kat Malaysia lagik murah watpe nak membazir beli kat sini kan..

 Iols ajak Leman naik beskal.. Tapi Leman tak adventure plak.. Pfftt.. Dia dah insaf terus lepas episod naik motor kat Koh Samui dulu.. Hahhahaha.. (bawak motor lain la kena ade lesen.. Bawak beskal mana payah ade lesen kan.. Huhu)

 Ini lah dia org melayu/ malaysian.. hahahah.. I'm stereotyping here.. Tapi mmg byk la org kita yg dtg Hardrock nih carik souvenir.. Sampai kan budak yg jaga kaunter tu siap ckp "terima kasih" bila tau kitaorg from Malaysia.. Hehehe.. Anyway, iols bercadang nak jejak all the HardRocks kat tempat yg kitaorg pegi :P

 Singgah amik drinking water dulu.. Save EUR2 akak tak yah beli mineral water.. Hahahha.. *cheapskate*

 And then kitaorg pegi naik Canal Cruise plak for 1 hour..

 It cost us EUR17 for 2 pax.. Nak mahal lagik pon ade.. Ko boleh hop on hop off lagik.. But we've established that I'm cheapskate earlier so harus lah amik tour yg paling murah.. muahahha..

 Some of the beautiful scenery during the tour..

 We're suckers for river cruises.. Pegi mana2 pon kalau ade river cruise mesti tergedik2 nak naik.. Hahahha.. Okla.. probably not "we" but "I am".. Hahhaha.. Leman being a loving and caring husband layan kan jek la bini dia mana mampu.. :P

Tapi setiap kali naik river cruise pon.. Half way tuh dedua org dah juling nak tahan mengantok..Huhu.. Mase nih kalau la dapat bantal ngan "gebor" (selimut bahasa perak) mmg tido sampai petang la jawapnye.. Hehe..

 And then kitaorg nak pegi menjejak  sesuatu..

 Berpusing2 menggigil2 sejuk nak menyampaikan tempat tuh sbb dia kena jalan sikit after dah turun tram..

 The sun is shining so brightly (tapi still sejuk gigil2..brrr)

 Sampai sudah! Check out the clouds man.. cantikkan..

 Kitaorg sampai dah petang so punya la ramai nye manusia.. Since kitaorg tak kosser nak tunggu giliran sampai org dah takde kat belakang tuh.. Kitaorg snap jek la gambar bersama manusia2 lain tu.. Janji akak dah sampai.. Hehhehe..

  And to wrap up our day harus la kitaorg singgah the Red Light District.. Hehehe..

Tapi kesian Leman.. Yg berdiri tepi2 tingkap tuh semua muka pecah rumah.. Ade setengah tuh agak diragui jantina nya apa.. Huhu.. And time kitaorg lalu tuh tak byk "show" pon.. Takpe la yayang, balik karang biar i jek lah buat show utk you. Wahahhaha...  *gurau to gurau. Kang tersedak bapak aku kang :P*

 Dah 2 hari nih asek la makan kebab.. Huhuhu.. Yg pelik nya.. Kat Amsterdam nih tak byk pon kedai fish & chips macam kat London.. or kitaorg yg tak reti nak carik.. Either way pon bawak2 la bersyukur ade jugak makanan nak makan kan ;)

So that's basically how we spent our Day 2..

One of the best thing about being on a honeymoon + DIY style travels is that we are free to do whatever we want..

Pegi la mana suka..

Buat la ape yg kitaorg rase nak buat..

Makan la ape nak pon..

Kalau malas nak jalan kita lepak minum kopi or balik bilik tido..

Having said that..

In day 2 our jetlag dah kick in kaw kaw punye..

So by 8 pm kitaorg dah pengsan tido

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So much on being on honeymoon eh! Hehhehe