Clogging our way to Amsterdam

Amsterdam!!! Heehee... my sweet husband, at my request of wanting to see the windmill, arranged yet another trip for me to be in Holland! But we did have plans to take a look at the Netherlands... Maybe we grew up in the Dutch Lady milk era... hahaha... Amsterdam was nice, especially in the countryside, really peaceful and into retirement mode... The city was good enough for us, lots of Chinese food around, and of course the exciting red light district!

Arriving in Amsterdam Airport



At the airport train station... well-connected city

The train is here!

Our first meal, a trendy pasta shop...

Yummy!

The Amsterdam Central Train Station

The tram line outside the central train station

Greedy Kevin buying a snack from the vending machine! It was served hot!

Check it out! hee...

Me munching on fries in the cold weather... Hot fries is best when it is cold!

Yummy.. hee... always hungry pregnant lady...

One of the windmill in town

Kevin solo pose in front of the windmill

At a street bazaar... Selling barang barang...

Kevin at the bazaar...

Posing by the river...

Check out the horse and the guard. Police patrol horses... hee

Street of Amsterdam

Holland structures...

Nice buildings along the river... Gives off a very serene and quiet atmosphere...

Chinese shop! hahaha... We are everywhere isn't it? hehehe...

The birds flying... a candid shot, which i liked very much. Nature at work..

Chinatown of Amsterdam

Plenty of Asian shops behind me.. they even have a famous roast meat shop, which i wanted to try, but we didn't get the chance... But the roast duck was recommended in guide books. :)

Temple in Amsterdam Chinatown

The Red light district in the day.. Will show you the night pictures later... hee... we'll be back!

Marijuana Museum... Sorry, no pictures taken inside, so we took the display van outside of the museum... But generally, Marijuana is legal in Netherlands, and you will find many people in coffeshops smoking it... The museum even shows the various uses of marijuana and how the plant looks like, etc.

At the Dam

Demonstration going on...

Kevin at the Dam.. This is the central city area of Amsterdam...

Madame Tussaud, which we had enough of, so we didn't enter.. hee

Shanshan and the clock tower

The church in the Dam

Dinner time! Our most expensive Thai meal! They served Thai food in fine dining style... You generally can find alot of Indonesian and Asian resturants in Amsterdam...

Waiting for the tram to head for the Red Light District... getting chilly...

Here we are! Very Red indeed!!!!!!

Ok, i am not one of them... But usually behind the windows, you will have girls standing sexily or dancing inside and waiting for the man to pick them up and ask for their price to have *ahem ahem*... and once they succefully negotiate the price, the man will enter the window, and it is a small room with a bed to do th business transaction.

See all the windows behind me... sorry lah, we took those without the girls one.. I scared if take the girls, they will come out from the window and shoot me...

Next day, we head for the countryside to see the windmills!

At the ferry pier, waiting for the ferry transfer

On the transportation ferry, short ride of 5 mins... so it is a standing ferry for people and bicycles...

Closing in on the windmills! hee...

The little village...

Nice houses... If only i own one... Whew... Ok, it is day time... so i am day-dreaming... heehee...

Ice forming on the lake...

Kevin striking a pose

On the bridge... Love the serenity of the surroundings in this village

Beautiful picturesque... with that foggy feel...

Kevin and Shan... Spot us... hee... not difficult lah huh? hahah... we are not thin at all...

Kevin and his houses... heehee

Doesn't this looks like the house we always draw in our pictures... roof with a chimney and the windows.... hee

Lots of houses with bridges in front of them...

Hello Windmills! We're here!

Duckies in the cold...

Couple in the cold... Snugging up each other for warmth... Well, Kevin never fails to warm my heart... with a loving husband... how can i not feel warm with him around... hee...

The windmills behind me...

Where's the dutch lady???

The windmills close-up

With Shanshan...

Kevin's turn...

Our Turn... ahhahah...

Shot of the windmill with Kevin... The village was realy quiet and maybe as it was winter, there were not too many tourists, so we felt like we had the village to ourselves...

Hey Windmill, turn!

Visiting the cheese factory!

Buying cheese from the Dutch lady! ahhaha..

Ta-ta Windmills... it was so cold.. Ice were forming on the ground...

Good bye lovely village...

Our Hotel room... Convent Mercure Hotel...

The blue and white tiles in our hotel room toilet, representative of Holland

Kevin posing at the metro with the tiled walls

Bicycles! This country is full of cyclists! They have like really big parking spaces specially for bicycles...

Visiting a nearby town Haarlem...

The famous landmark

Kevin posing in the cold...

The town was pretty quiet too.. but we has a good feel of structures with Netherlands flavour...

The town square

River Spaarne through Haarlem... with the bridge... which will open up if there were big boats passing by...

Teylers Museum in Haarlem

Typical streets in Holland, separated by the river running along..

The Grote Market (Central Market Square)

And that's all for Haarlem, let's get moving.. :)

Kevin insisted on coming here! hahah... The Peace Palace in Den Haag...

The Peace Palace houses the International Court of Justice (which is the principal judicial body of the United Nations)...

The pillar has written on it: May Peace Prevail on Earth

In the city of Den Haag, which was pretty happening... maybe coz' we just got released from the vilage... hahaha... It was just a modern city with more excitement... hee..

Statues along the streets..

Kevin's Mardi Gras Parade??!! hee... a pink gun!

A nice building we came across, very brightly lit up and cheerful.. hee

The church

Waiting for the tram..

Back in Amsterdam... In the area of Leidseplein

Some small food stalls along the way...

An ice skating rink in the square..

The shopping mall behind me.. Magna Plaza...

Our favourite... hahah... street bazaar... to check out the local sights...

Fresh fishes and seafood!

Hmm.. this one doesn't need introduction?! a stall was selling homemade chocolates... in all sorts of shapes and sizes... hahaha...

A mini car.. hahha.. for nothing, we just wanted to snap a shot of it for fun...

Check out the bicycles parked there!!! two long rows...

Three rows in fact!!!

Kevin on the cruise along River Amstel... Ah Pek telling me stories... hahah...

Passing by buildings..

Ok, i was getting bored... hahah...

The River Amstel...

Passing through canals..

The river view ahead...

The clock tower in the mist..

The carvings on the house's roof... abit Chinese? hee...

Heineken Beer Factory!!! Follow us on our tour! Heineken is a Dutch beer in case you didn't know... I only knew when i came here.. hahah

The beer man and the dutch lady?!

Amsterdam beer!

Cheers to Heineken!

The barrels of beer..

The various labels of Heineken...

The ingredients in the beer!!!!

The big machines to brew the beer!

Smell the brew!

Shanshan.. the beer girl... all wrapped up... hahah...

Kevin trying to cook himself with the brew.. hahah.. push him in! hahah..

Hmmm... what is that going to dispense???

Stiring the malt...

Grinding the seeds...

Heineken star!

Beer tasting!

Scrapping the foam off after dispensing..

And here you have, The Heineken experience!

Yum Seng!

The beer indeed is pretty good! According to Kevin, since i don't drink... heehee...

Beer or Me?

The bottling process...

The Bond man... Drinks Heineken

Going green...

Real or fake?! haha...

Kevin and Heineken...

Bar counters!

Beer counter...

The exterior of the Heineken factory! Cheers once more!

Guess what is Kevin doing? Hahaha.. Or rather he was pretending to do something... hee..

Urinal in the public! We were so amazed by this.. i mean, right smack in town, inthe middle of nowhere... hahah... they provide this for you to urine... For the men only...


(*Disclaimer: Some shots below of the sex museum in Amsterdam... Please view only if you can take it and mature enough..)

Display at the Sex Museum...

The nude body parts...

Hmmmmmm.... an array of male reproduction organs...

The gigantic dick!

(*There were more in the sex museum, but some pictures will be too obscene to be placed here... hehehe...)

After the sex museum visit, we got hungry... hahah.. Fries time! And they have really great fries that comes with different sauces... mayonnaise, curry sauce, tomato sauce, etc...

The exterior of our hotel... Convent Hotel Amsterdam... a shot before we leave Amsterdam... End of our trip in the capital of Netherlands... Hope to see other parts when we have the chance... hahah... but i think it is tough after the arrival of our young one...