Sunday in Leiden

By today, the kids are a bit better though Meen still has a running nose... so we decided to go to another university township called Leiden. Ervan is familiar with the place so he took us on the "tour"... but most importantly for Haikal, we took the "Thomas merah" from the apt to the Central Station, and then "blue & yellow Thomas" to Leiden.... tak jauh sangat la and it's about 5-6 euros (return) per person.... OK lah.



Haikal kat rumah & Meen dalam Thomas on the way to Leiden - tengah selsema tu!

Sampai kat sana, naik bas dulu sebab Ervan was looking for a "wall" with Malay (or Indonesian) scriptures on it... it's actually the poem from Chairil Anwar..... and here it is:

AKU

Kalau sampai waktuku
Ku mau tak seorang kan merayu
Tidak juga kau

Tak perlu sedu sedan itu

Aku ini binatang jalang
Dari kumpulanya terbuang

Biar peluru menembus kulitku
Aku tetap meradang menerjang

Luka dan bisa ku bawa berlari
Berlari
Hingga hilang pedih peri

Dan aku akan lebih tidak perduli

Aku mahu hidup seribu tahun lagi

Chairil Anwar (1922 – 1949)


This is where the scripture was found....

In fact ada banyak kat Uni ni, in different languages - and there's abook of it. Somehow, the lady that we all tumpang ambik gambo tu bagi free kat Ervan (though in Dutch)....

Dah lepas tu, ingat nak ambik bas semula ke town dia tapi sebab on Sunday, bus will not arrive for another hour (or almost). So we all jalan le.. tapi Haikal ngantuk pulak lagi so kenalah dukung dia... kena lah take a few breaks... jenuh gak nak sampai town! Ada lah kot 1 km jugak kitorang jalan!


Tini, kids & Ervan - taking a break....


Cantik tak?

Dah jumpa town, first thing.... makan!!! Sedap lah Tosti (grilled cheese sandwich) and smoked salmon panini... tapi tak sempat amik gambar sebab dah lapor. Lepas tu jalan2 lagi... tengok je lah gambo!


Haikal kat kedai makan tu....


Scenery in front of the cafe shop



Tha Stadhuis.....


Dah lepas makan, we walked a bit more... and guess what, this is a FERRARI you know!!



Along the shopping area (but most are closed on Sun)... and this big mouse... Meen is just so surprised to see the big mouse





Scenery of the canal area......


And we're supposed to be able to get on this windmill... tapi tutup on Sun.

The followings are just photo shoots of the kids at kids at the playground in front of the windmill.... Meen always want to do what her brother is doing.... and the weather has been sooooo nice we did not need to put our jackets on!













Rasanya next Sat macam nak datang sini lagi.. for the Sat market and the windmill ride... just for the fun of it...