After the hit and run 2 days in Nepal, we arrived in the cold Amsterdam on May 7!
Looking back, we were in 5 countries in less than a week.
Mon - India, Tue - Nepal, Thur - Greece, Fri - Netherlands. Quite an achievement, isn't it?
And guess what after we left Nepal, the strikes ended on Friday! Happy for PY and KX cos it means they will not be stranded and can head to Tibet. As for us, though it was a shame that we are unable to travel & work in Nepal as planned, we were happy to head to Europe earlier too....especially to the house of Zandvoort!
After almost 9 weeks of travelling, it was great to take a break and stay in our good friends' place. =) We had been quite tired from the travelling..hehe...and it was great to recharge for the next leg of our trip. Coming to Europe was on original plan 1 (costly then took out..) then we had plan 2 to go Tibet & China after Nepal and now by twist of fate, we are back to plan 1 - Greece! So it didn't help to plan too far ahead...and it makes it more exciting!
We have alot of reflections for India and have a few more posts for India too. Will dish them out when ready...right now, we are really far behind with our blogs and frens have been asking "why no updates?!" and if we are still continuing with our blog. hehe.
It's strange that when we are not travelling and have internet access almost 24 hr a day, why no updates? haha... Well, life at the Zandvoort had been pretty fun and occupied. We spent our days eating out (dim sum, singapore-malaysia food etc), shopping, watch movies, cook yummy meals (we even had home made steamboat!!), visit tulips garden, cycle around, go to markets (like our pasar malam), chit chatting, surfing web for England (yes, we are gg England to fulfill Jeff's dream - Manchester!)... So we have been very busy and two weeks went past in a flash!!
Part 2 of our 6mths break will be time abroad with friends!
So it's time to head on the road again tomorrow..next stop - Belgium.
Before that, here's some nice pictures of things we have been doing in Holland!
Day 1 - Arrival and pickup by Suzanne!! =)
Day 2 - Dutch Breakfast with Wouter & Zanne
Sunset view from their balcony
Our little adventure ride to town..
Visit to tulips garden - Keukenhof
Strolling and cuddling in the tulips garden.. =)
Feeding ducklings in the pond..
Streets of Amsterdam city..
Torturing rides for the Zanne & Wouter cos we were too slow for them!!
Chef Wouter preparing his delicious salad!!
Checking out their market..
Our cosy sleeping corner in the living room..
BBQ in the park with more Singaporean frens on holidays!
never been to any part of europe, not sure when europe will be in my travelling list, so thanks for the beautiful photos! :) i love tulips!
ReplyDeletecycling is a fun and faster way to explore a town as compared to walking.
anyway, will you be visiting Montreal/NY? :) i will be in Montreal 9 & 10 july before heading to Niagara falls for another 2 days, and back to NY. do hope to see my ex lao ban and lao ban niang! :)
joyce
Yohooo.. finally another post! Haha!
ReplyDeleteI was glad that PY & KX could get out of Nepal too. Waiting for her next blog update.
Nice sunset photo again! Love the striking contrast between the remaining bright light & dark blue sky. No photo of Jeff whipping up dishes?? I reckon that he will gain weight after all! Haha! So much for the weight-loss plan :P
Other then chocolates, remember to look out for Tin Tin while in Belgium! I was only in Brussels for a very brief, hectic & stressed 2hrs... Hope to see more stories from u :)
i dont know tat u r heading to Amsterdam...if not could have asked you to catch the budget airline to barcelona and stay with us cos we r putting up in an apartment while we were there. In any case, wheres the June updates??what happened to Old Trafford?
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