Sunday, October 7, 2007

Rotterdam - the port city!

Sunday is another beautiful day here.... but according to Nina (another Malaysian living there), it's a bit misty in Rotterdam...Tak pe lah...

ButI must tell you it's a day with LOTS and LOTS of Thomas for Haikal!!! First it's the tram (red Thomas - James) from the apt to Central The Hague. Then it's the blue-&-yellow train (blue -Thomas) to Rotterdam (it cost us 15.60 return for both me & Tini. Haikal & Meen still travel for free (below 4).

The view of the blue & yellow Thomas... and inside the train. Bagus nya ada separate compartments...
By the time we arrived at Rottedam........fuuhhhh sejukkkk!! Meen pulak pakai jacket nipis je... menggigil sket dia. Haikal pun dah kesejukan... actually sebab berangin.
Memula tu kira lost sket la kat Rotterdam ni.. tak sure nak gi mana so we decided to go to the tourist info... nak kena cari SPIDO lak for either the boat ride or the mini-train ride, tapi kena naik tram no 7 to Willemsplein.... Sampai 2 kat tempat tu rupanya ada final snowboarding event lak... tapi punya la ramai orang, tak nampak nak gi mana untuk beli tiket... last2, missed the boat ride so ambik je lah mini-train ride!!!


We were supposed to be on THAT boat ride but just missed... so ambik je la gambo by the port
Tini le jadi model....

Haikal in the clog by the windmill.......... and the snowboarding location... seram jugak tengok this thing LIVE!!


The green Thomas (Henry) for the tour of the city... and with all of them in the ride

The port with the bridge in the background

This is one of the oldest park? (or perhaps with one of the oldest trees)... tapi termiss ambik gambar the Euromast (like a KL tower tapi just about 107m overlooking all of Rotterdam)

Trying to catch the bridge again
Some views along the ride.... cantik tak rumah besar ni?

The corner lot shop has it's history (hey, wasnt paying attention, OK?!) and one of the tallest towers in Rotterdam, I think

Just some shops & "air pancut" with 2 giraffes on the side
Other houses.... masa ambik gambar ni macam menarik.....
Haikal & Meen in the train ride... dah lapor dah masa ni!! The white building is the Walf of Fame - where the international celebrities leave their handprints on the wall.... not an interesting site for children, of course
This is the "cube house"... and the culinary road where ALL types of items for cuisines are found...
Some views of the new port.... dont ask me what these represent again...........
And this house............and "white house"
These flagpoles represent those that make up NL, I think & of the sponsors.......
By the end of the ride, it's already 1:15pm... Haikal dah lapor and we need to get some water to make Meen's milk... so we headed back to the train station. Beli fries & cheese stick kat Burger King (niat je la) and then get water from Albert Heijn....
Lepas tu kejar train (in 5 minutes) back to Central Hague.
Then tunggu tram to Scheveningen and be home by 3pm kot..... lepak la dulu!
Tapi yang mencabar sket... Haikal dah tertidur dlm "henry" sekejap so bila kat rumah, dia tak ngantuk... tapi, bila adik dia tidur aje, dia tolong tekan perut adik dia!!! sampai terbangun Meen after only 20 minutes!!! Issshhh geram tul ngan Haikal ni... dah dia tak boleh tidur, orang lain pun tak boleh enjoy.....
Malam tu we all gi makan kat restaurant... nanti update!

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