Day 2 @ Amsterdam

The second day is quite a loooooooooong day. That morning we started of with a trip to Keukenhof. Oh before we departed from the city, we met a Malaysian family. Sempat lah borak-borak kejap diorang siap ajak kitorang makan dengan diorang lagi since they are staying in apartment and they cook their own food. Lured us with sambal sotong siapp...tau je kelemahan student Malaysia kan? :P

We left the city at 9.40. Took us about 45 minutes to reach Keukenhof which is situated in Lisse. The tourist guide kept us company with his interesting stories of Amsterdam. Thank God he's not boring unlike our second tourist guide. In Keukenhof, we were given until 1.10pm to tour around. So we have approx 3hrs gitu lah. Cukup ke? Hmmm...since we came early April and the tulip's field aren't that fully-bloomed yet I guess cukup kot.

map of Keukenhof

The theme of Keukenhof this year was From Russia With Love. Adalah patung-patung Matryoshka kat situ. The weather was sooooooooo nice. Warm. Bright and shiny. When you are surrounded with pretty flowers, nothing else matters. Tenanggggg je. Sumpah sangat best! I think 3 hrs tu just nice la nak cover almost all of the area. Dia ada jugak a few part for exhibition but we only went to the green house sebab that's where many species of flowers are. Cantik ohhh...cantik sangat-sangat!

first time pakai baju hijau, perasaan dia macam jadik kura-kura -___-"

tulips field. ini je yang baru tumbuh sikit-sikit

many species in the green house

red raaaawwrr flowers

tengoklah awan tuuu..tenang jeee...pasangan suami isteri yang suka bergaduh boleh datang sini, mesti lepastu tak jadi bergaduh dah

Quarter past one we left Keukenhof, and reached the city at about 2 gitu. Nabila pergi change for the boarding pass and I went to buy lunch. Pembahagian tugas disitu :P At half 2, we went for the second excursion which consist of trip to Cheese factory, Clog factory and the windmills, Volendaam and Maarken - fishermen villages. Our second tourist guide was..my oh my...cakap mendatar macam buat nak tertido...tapi the info was very interesting so I was fighting jugaklah not to fell asleep :P

Our first stop was at clog factory and the windmills area. Tengoklah how the clogs were made. Sekejap je 5 minit dah dapat satu. Clogs ni they claim kept them warm, tak basah etc. Boleh jugak nak beli the clogs the price starts from around 20eu kot gitu (tak ingat sangat) At the same place jugak, they were traditional windmills which are no longer serving their purpose. Kirenye they kept it as a replica je la tapi once in a while kenalah bergerak tak nak kasi rosak. Area situ pun cantekkkkk sangat.

kredit to a lady for the picture, background is the windmills, the traditional ones that is.

clog making demo

ze clogss

The next stop was cheese factory. I'm not a big fan of cheese but Nabila is. Sikit-sikit boleh tolerate lah tapi banyak-banyak memang tak la. Dia tunjuk lah how the process of making cheese segala. Lepastu ada kedai jual cheese and we get to taste the different types of cheese. Nabila borong cheese for herself, the family and keluarga mentua while I just bought one smoked cheese for my housemates.

say cheeeeeeeeese

After stuffing ourselves with different kind of cheeses the next stop was Volendaam, a used-to-be fisherman's village. Mula-mula the surrounding water was from the sea, kira air laut la kan tapi lepastu adalah they modify something the sistem pengairan tu and now dia dah jadi fresh water, kira macam jadi lake lah. So sebab tu diorang dah tak jadi fisherman dah sebab dah bukan laut.It's a small nice town and the souvenirs there are cheaper too. From Volendaam, we took a 20 mins "cruise" to another fisherman's village, Maarken. Rumah situ kocik-kocik ajo, memang kalau orang Malaysia anak 13 macam atok ngan nenet saya tak dapek lah nak duduk situ.

ini air tasik tau, bukan laut!

atas cruise. ceria-ceria je tapi lepastu sebab angin kuat tudung jadi cam hape je. nasib ada hood

the houses

Balik-balik we reached Amsterdam at about 7. We decided to check in first sebab the second day we moved from the private room to a dorm. Punyalah risau-risau duduk ngan orang putih mabuk-mabuk tapi Alhamdulillah, dorm tu okayyy jer. After Maghrib we went out for dinner and lepas tu pergi Hard Rock Cafe. HRC is situated at quite a havoc place. Macam famous for party peopleee gitu. Ada sedikit takut pun ada sebab kami kan cuma dua gadis suci...awhh..

Malam tu dah start nak cranky light-light dah sebnanye time tu sebab dah penat :P About 10.30 or so we went back to rest.