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Published: September 18th 2007
Art Museum
with an interesting theme!Since every city is so closeby here, I decided to hop here and there!....Also coz I have came to realise...many Dutch cities really look the same...i mean, the colour of the bricks, the style of the churches! I took pix of all the churches and looked through them..really can't find any differences! OMG..
well..ya..minor differences like...the little arc on the door or sth..but still.....
Anyways, first stop went to Haarlem...walked around the old town...
First thing went to tourist info office and I HATE THEM HERE! All of them charge for everything!! even a small little map of the city!!! WTH?! No I have to walk around with no idea where I was walking to..
They ahd some signpost..but they liek to make you walk in circles!!!!! argh..
Haarlem was a nice town though, nice canals, a nice Sq. An interesting art museum....
Just spent about 2 hours there......
Then went to take the train to Rotterdam. I knew Rotterdam was a new city...but with lots of nice new architechture! Cool skyscrapers and buildings.....and even underground shopping malls and the bus station have cool design as well! The city was kinda big..I only walked half of it coz the
Netherlands' Tourist Office Board
SUCKS with all the charges of the maps!!!!! other half was dominated by like the boats and stuff which I wasn't too interested in seeing.
Walked to the famous cubic blocks..and there was a market next to it so walked around there.....and reminded me of ShamShuiPo with all those stalls.....except this one was a lot cleaner...haaa!
Rotterdam's tourist office is the best of Holland! Free map, free guide, free internet.!! haa...I am so c-Lai..! wahahaaa!
Next was Delft...just like 12 mins by train from Rotterdam.
Delft was the nicest city I visited today I think! It had a nice and VERY QUIET town Sq. I mean, all shops open..but noone on the streets!!! weird. It was nice strolling along the streets...even though i didn't have a map, but I smelled some really nice bakery smell soon after and then found my way there, which was right next to the market Sq! haaa!
Another hour or so...
Lastly, went to Den Haag, another kinda big city..
The city was BUSY....LOADS of people....big contract from where I just left from.
The town was spread out but not bad....some old elements and some new....which worked pretty well together. Lots of shopping, but also constrution going on.
Got confused about
Haarlem
on a bridge... the signs telling directions....so made a big loop and went back after looking around.
Missed the train by a minute! So I couldn't meet carol after her work.....and we headed home seperately. However, got to Zaandam and there she was! haaaa...
They planned a Huge meal tonight!! Mussels!!!! something I wanted to try since Belgium! and it was Delicious!!!!!!!!!! They made so much food................!!!
Leaving tomorrow to Frankfurt lu! But they are going back to HK late January for Chinese New Year so I get to see them then most likely!=) and I can leave some stuff here for them to take home to me when they go back!!! haaa.....So nice of them!!! (leaving my red-wine, hope the bottle will still be full then!? heeeeeee...^o^)
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