This morning we joined the tour to Volendam, Marken and Zaanse Schans to see the countryside of Holland, showcasing the traditional way of how the Dutch people live: cheese factory, ‘klompen’ shoes factory, and windmills. Quite interesting experience.
Month: August 2013
Amsterdam: City of Bicycles and Vespa
One thing you instantly notice when you visit Amsterdam is people commute with bicycles. There are lots of bicycles parked and locked in railings or lamp posts. I also noticed some of them are left abandoned for years! Oh, and for Vespa lovers like me, this city is also a treat. Vespa is like official…
Dutch Influence
Just a bit of fun. We know Dutch ruled our country for 350 years. Surely they have influences on our life, one of them is on the language. I was amused to find these familiar words which we used in bahasa with have same meanings (e.g spandoek, koffer, pleister, photoafdruk). Too bad, my kids don’t…
Au Revoir Paris! Willkommen Amsterdam
After 3 days in Paris, we travel to Amsterdam, our last destination in Europe for this trip. Riding Thalys high speed train, the journey is very comfortable and pleasant with nice scenery along the way and Thalys’ excellent services.
Paris Souvenir Stall
These are souvenir stores in Rue de Rivoli, selling various Paris souvenirs in reasonably good prices (can’t say cheap, given our weakening Rupiah exchange rate *sigh*). There must be lot of Indonesian tourists coming here and buying souvenirs from them, as many of them able to speak in our language! Murah.. Murah.. Lima Euro Sepuluh……