A Bear's Life

First thing first, we rent bicycles. Hehehe... Yup, I guess you all know Holland and bicycles are almost the same word. =P Oh well, in my mind anyway. Hahaha... Anyway, we rented three bicycles for Emmy, me and Ralph's friend. Hehehe... Ruby decided not to rent the bicycle and so Ralph had to have an extra person to carry. =P

We went around the city with bicycle, first we went to an Ice cream shop. The ice cream is really nice. It's near the market. The market is really crowded. We just passed by the market and there were performance by kids at the end of the road. We watched for a little while before continue our journey. =D

We passed the metro station in Rotterdam. It's a famous one I think, though I can't remember the name =P There many funny building. They said that Rotterdam is famous for the architect. The buildings there are more modern then Amsterdam. It has high buildings around the city, not usual for city in Europe.


Then we went to this lake. It's kinda nice place to relax and chill. We sat down to rest in one of the park. There are a lot people enjoying the sun, children playing on the "sandy beach."

From there, we cycled pass the river. We went to this place called Strand aan de Maas. The place is actually man made beach. It's beside the river. They open during summer only and every summer they make this place again, put in some sand. It gave the feeling that you are on the beach. Hehehe... Kinda cool.


We went for dinner after that. We ate at Wok to Go. It sells Chinese food in a box. Hehehe... I dunno why I don't have the pics, maybe my batery ran out. =( By the end of the day, we went home. I went back to Amsterdam and the girls went back to Paris. I still have another two days in Amsterdam on my own. Hehehe...

First stop of the day was Sex museum. Yup, I went in there. Hahaha... Got a few intersting stuff inside there. Hehehe... Marylin Monroe as she was the sex symbol last time. There're some other stuff that are interesting. You know when you go there. =P

Then I walked around the city, went to one of the market. Not a very good market. Amsterdam made of lot of canals around the city. Everywhere you go, you will see canals. People travel around the city in boats as well. They have bridges that open to let boats pass.


I came across this fish shop. They sold Herrings. They eat them raw with pickles and onions. They are quite nice, really. I like it. =D

Then I walked towards the Heineken experience. This is where they used to make the Heineken beer. Now it is a tourist attraction. So I went in there and it's nice place. I like it. Once you get in, they gave me three coins. Three for redeem three pints of beer and one for free gift at the end. They showed us how beer are made. We went through the fermenter where they made the beer before. It's kinda fun. They really make the place fun. There were two bars in the place. We can trade our first coin in the first bar, then the other two in the second bar. =D


You can make pictures, videos in there as well. They make a place to take pics of our own with some of the Heineken frames and send it to friends. There are place where we can be DJ, saw lotsa ads of Heineken beers. It is enjoyable. =D

From there, I walked to Anne Frank Huis. It's a house where Frank family hid from the Nazy for 2 years because they are Jews. For the whole two years, they stayed at the back of the office. It's a hiding place behind. It's amazing and sad together for them to stay there. Imagine you stayed in a small house for two years. Within that two years, you have to be very quite so that people won't hear you, specially in the afternoon because there were people working in the front. Anne Frank wrote a diary everyday in that two years which explained the life she gone through. Until somebody reported them to the Nazy. After the war, only the father survived. And he got the diary of Anne Frank. He then published the diary which become famous. You may find the diary in the book store now.


Then I walked pass the Church beside Anne Frank Huis where FC told me there are photos of animals. He liked the photos. He went to Amsterdam a week before me. =D So, from there, I walked back to the hostel and took my backpack and went to the airport.

In the airport, I just walked around, trying to shop but bought nothing in the end. Hahaha... Went to the rooftop where we can see the aeroplanes flew or landed. =D And there are a lot of people with binoculars to see the aeroplanes. I think they must be aeroplane enthusiasts. They make a note of what type of aeroplane landing. Hehehe... Seems they really enjoy it. =D

Then, it's time to go home. Reach back to Slough. Hehehe... It's been fun trip.