I know this may have been so long, in fact too long since my
last update but I am here!
I miss writing, even if there is no one reading it; I still
write them so that I can read them again when I feel like it. SS much.
Anyway, for my first post after a long hiatus, I am going to
share my experience in Amsterdam during the Easter Break early this year.
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| You can find this sign a lot |
My parents were kind enough to come visit my brother and me.
Visiting means that we had to meet them at Amsterdam. -_-
I feel so sorry for my parents because they were still on
‘jet lag’ but our journey must begin.
We got the IAMSTERDAM package for two days. Honestly, I do
not think that we needed it, barely use it. My parents were not into ‘museums’
so…. money BURNED!
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| Beginning our night walk with the map in my hand |
As it is the Spring season, we stopped by at Keukenhof hoping
to see lots of beautiful Tulips. Unfortunately, Miss Winter did not want to go,
so most of the flowers had not yet bloomed. :(
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| Keukenhof! |
Regardless of that, the place itself was really beautiful.
With flowers or not, it was definitely one of the place I would recommend for
you to visit if you ever come to Amsterdam. Best during Spring of course. Other
times, maybe not so much.
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| Beautiful flowers (Tulips) |
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| Windmill, famous here. |
We then went back to our hotel. It was located in front of
the Hard Rock Café. A fantastic location but you had to pay for the Internet.
What a Turn off!
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| The fair I was telling you about. |
My brother and me decided to let our parents rest while we
storm the city by night. *wink wink
We took the tram,
which is famous in Amsterdam up until the city Centre to the Magna Plaza area.
From there we just walk our way around.
There was a fair
that night. The rides available were terrifying. The only thing we were brave
enough to ride was the Ferris Wheel. Haha.
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| Got to take this picture. fyi, you are not allowed to take photos here. Unless you want your camera to be taken away. |
Then, we walked and
walked until we reach the infamous Red Light District.
Honestly, it was really awkward being there with my brother. Still, it is indeed one heck of an experience. I am not encouraging you
to go but I must say, if you are 18 years old and above, you might want to pay
that place a visit. ;)
Pretty ladies
everywhere. Ehem!
Bla bla bla, just some
sightseeing and off back to the hotel we go.
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| Folding bridge, allowing ships to pass through |
The next day, the
four of us visited some of the places in Amsterdam, which included some
museums, parks and many coffee shops. Haha. And the rest? Well, just the usual
stuff you do when you go on a holiday.
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| museums and more museums that we do not even enter. haha. |
Oh! We also got a
free boat tour in the IAMSTERDAM card package. The canal cruise was really
useful if you want to know more about the city itself. It is an hour of your
time that you should spare whenever you are in the city.
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| Aye Aye Captain! |
Later that day, we
went to look for some souvenirs to bring back within the city centre. Yes, Amsterdam is famous for its tolerance with the recreational drugs (i.e. Cannabies). If you have not known this, it is ok to smoke, eat, smell, consume, or
anything that has to do with it. In fact, you are going to see a lot of it there. Again, I am not encouraging you to have some but it depends on you, right? hehe..
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| Get shopping! |
We stayed for
another night and made our way to Hamburg the next day by train. Going to
get into details with that in my next post (If I can)
That is it. I am
really honored by the time you spent reading m
Again, thanks for
reading. Until next time.
