Thursday, November 29, 2012

Europe 2012: Belgium Waffle in Belgium

DAY 1:
From KL to Amsterdam, it took us about 12 hour 20 minutes terbang di awan biru (sebenarnye flight malam so byk nampak awan itam jek bukan biru)..

 Muka penat sebab siang hari Jumaat tuh masih busy bekerja.. Flight malam kol 1145 malam.. Naik KLM youols sebab harus lah itu tiket yg paling murah.. But i have to say KLM rocks.. and i would highly recommend them..

 Dah berjam2 tido-bangun-tgk tivi-makan-kencing pon tak sampai2 lagik youols... We forced ourselves to sleep most of the journey (except time makan. yum yum).. sebab nanti bila sampai jek Amsterdam kitaorg dah ade tour to Belgium kan..

 Schipol International Airport, Amsterdam baby! Rase cam tak percaya jek dah sampai sini.. hehe..

Mase tgh tunggu luggage tuh kan (notice how shining our new luggages were.. Hehehe.. Baru sampai dari Groupon nih okay.. hehehe).. tunggu punya tunggu beg besar tuh tak kunjung tiba.. Pehtu nampak ade satu amoi nih amik beg kitaorg..

Aku mintak Leman pi tanye tapi Leman malu plak.. Boleh?

Orang amik beg kau apekah yg nak dimalukan?
Kalau esok2 takde suar nak pakai sebab beg kena amik baru lah patut malu.. Haiyoo sgt kan..

Kalau bini yg pegi tanye harus la dgn gaya samseng..
Hahahah..

Aku pegi kat amoi tuh..

"Excuse me. Is that yours? I think it's mine!"

Aku terus ambik.. test lock combination and sah2 memang bag aku..

Serius rase nak seligi jek amoi tuh.. Huhu..

Terus aku cakap.. "Yup, this is MINE!"

Amoi tuh plak dari Korea ke mana tah dan2 tanak mengaku reti cakap omputih..
Dia bantai jek cakap Korea ke ngan aku..

Sukati kau la Amoi..
Janji beg aku dah selamat..
Tapi memang bodo piang kan.. Pfft!

From Airport, terus amik train tiket utk pegi Amsterdam Centraal.. (lebih kurang cam KL Sentral la kekdah nye).. Lepas tu naik tram pulak subuh2 sepie nih..

(Note: Tiket dari Schipol Airport to Amsterdam Central adelah tak sama dgn tiket yg kau beli utk pusing2 within Amsterdam)

Mase naik train tuh pon kitaorg cam blur2, betul ke nih kan.. hahaha.. Pehtu tanye org baru org tu cakap lagik berapa stop (tak dgr sgt dia announce nama station). So kesimpulannye, sila la jgn malu2 nak tanye orang.. atau kalau anda malu, tolak saja suami anda ke depan utk bertanya.. hahahha.. 

Sebab end of Autumn so agak lambat siang.. kol 730 pagi pon gelap lagik..
Public transport kat Amsterdam agak senang and straight forward..
And dalam pekan byk tram bersimpang siur.. so mmg senang nak kemana2..

 We took a tram straight to our hotel kat area Prinsengratch or something..
Hotel is literally 15 langkah kot dari tram stop..

(Info #1: We stayed at Acostar Hotel Amsterdam)

Tapi sebab sampai awal sgt agak neves jugak sebab tak sure daripada tram stop tu nak belok arah mana.. Tapi sepanjang holiday nih kitaorg kalau sesat tanye jek orang.. and less than 5 minutes later dah selamat simpan luggage (mana bley check in awal2 pagi nih kan)..

  Dan bermula lah episod mencari jalan kitaorg.. Since iols dah byk buat planning sebelom datang sini, bila sampai jek semua mende iols tolak Leman jek.. hahahha..

Sikit2 je.. 
"Husband, which way?" 
"Husband, nak gi mana?"
"Haa.. husband.. you pegi tanye org kedai tu"

Hahahaha.. stress jek member..
Cakap kat aku ingat dia lahir kat sini ke :P


 Bila dah sampai pekan.. satu lagik masalah.. Dedua bladder dah penuh macam nak burst.. Tapi tatau nak kencing kat mana! huuwwaaa.. sedey.. ape nama sistem deme pakai nih jamban awam pon takde..

Memang susah sgt nak carik public toilet around the city..
Seb baik la hotel strategic location so during our stay here few times jugak sanggup balik kencing kat hotel.. hahahha..

 For now, kitaorg decide nak masuk Delifrance (whatt?? gila tak original Delifrance kat Kota Damansara pon ade weihh.. hahaha).. 

Sampai2 jek Leman order and iols carik jamban dulu..
Seb baik nak kencing jek.. kalau nak terberak mau biru mata hitamku :P

 We took a tour by Viator.com..
Return trip to Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium for EUR58/ pax..

 Awal2 tu eksaited ler tangkap gambor.. Pehtu dedua busy qado' tido.. hahahahha.. Tapi view kiri kanan memang superb.. and kitaorg plak duduk depan sekali in a double decker bus..  *kiasu*

 After almost 2 hours, our first stop was Antwerp..

 Nice building (Europe nih memang terlampau byk nice building sampai kan boleh lost count)


 So freezing cold! Nak tangkap gambar pon berkira nak kuarkan tangan dari poket winterjaket.. Hehehe..

 We spend only 1 hour here.. Agak rushing (nih lecey ikut tour nih kan).. Kitaorg sempat makan lunch laju2 (sebab mase nih dah kebuluran).. and lepas tuh tangkap gambar laju2.. and it's time to board the bus again..
Next stop..
Brussels..

 From Antwerp to Brussels tak jauh sgt dlm 1 hour camtuh.. Antwerp is smaller than Brussels.. 


 Pegi tengok manequin pis! Ape la mat salleh nih aje nye pelik.. Budak kencing pon boleh jadik monumen kan.. Hehehe.. (ade la sejarah behind the story but my blog is not for history lesson so kalau rajin google la sendirik ye :P)..

 Pehtu nampak Haagen Daz terus teringin nak makan Belgium Waffle..

 Having Belgium Waffle in Belgium! Sedap la.. tapik takde la sedap sangat sampai berguling2.. Huhuhu..



 And being typical Malay(sian), pegi oversea kompem nak carik HardRock gak kan.. Hahahha..Iols pengumpul tegar TShirt hardrock.. Tapi Hardrock Brussels nih kecik sangat.. And terlampau ramai org serabut pale otak aku,. Tapi berjaya gak rembat satu T-shirt.. Hehhehe..

Posing jgn tak posing.. Hehehe.. Mase nih dah sgt penat sebenarnye.. Jetlag toksah cerita la.. Huhuhu..

 And since it's autumn.. Kol 530 dah macam nak malam dah.. But luckily walaupon cepat gelap tapi kedai tak tutup cepat (unlike Perth).. 

Balik tuh mmg bantai tido la dlm bus.. Tau2 dah sampai Damrak balik..
Pehtu konon2 nak adventure jalan kaki balik hotel.. Macam nak tercabut kakiku.. Huhuhuh..

Overall, it was a succesful 1st day..
Although Belgium is indeed nice, but I personally feel that it was not worth the journey from Amsterdam.. Pegi balik dekat 6 jam duduk dalam bus saje.. and add that to more than 12 hours in the plane.. I can hear my backbones cringing.. hahahha..

Selesai sudah satu post.. Few more to go..
Sebab dah lama sgt tak menulis blog, aku pon macam dah lupa camne nak menulis..so I hope youols bear with me until i get back my "feel" in blogging  *kahkahkah. This could mean never you know :P*

Nitey nite



Europe 2012: Mukadimah :)


Goedmoergen!
Boungiorno!
Bonjour!

Tapi since dah balik Malaysia..
Selamat sejahtera.. I mean.. Assalamualaikum! (tak jawap dosa)..

OmaiGod.. Sejak balik dari dream vacation since Ahad lepas..
Baru hari nih akak berjaya tahan mata melepasi pukul 9 malam youols!
Jetlag tak hengat punye..

My fren said.. "It's all in the mind jek tuh"
Haa.. ye la sangat in the mind.. Abes kalau takleh tido sampai kol 4 pagi acaner? Pehtu kol 6 pagi dah nak kena bangun siap2 pegi keja.. Huhuhu..
Pehtu next day nye plak, kol 855 pm dah lebuh.. Tapi kol 305 pagi dah celik terkebil2 atas katil.. 
Uwaa... terseksa jiwa raga iols tau..

Tapi nampak gayanye dah berjaya la mengatasi jetlag itu..
Dot 1.. Jetlag 0.. Hehehe..

Anyway, back to the story at hand (hambik kau mukadimah dah panjang mcm tulis newspaper.. hahaha)

We plan this trip sejak awal tahun..
Sebab tu la by right takleh gi melencong tempat lain..
tapi berjaya gak kawtim USS and Koh Samui kan.. ehehehe..

What can i say.. Being on holiday is damn addictive..

Our dream vacation is fully "Do-it-yourself"..
Bukan backpacking but within our specific budget.. (akak belom cukup kaya nak gi holiday open bajet youols.. huhu)..

We covered only 4 countries..
From KL to Amsterdam (return day trip to Belgium) to Rome, singgah Florence and then straight to Venice.. and then from there fly back to Paris for the remaining of our trip, before coming back home..

A total of 14 full days (tak termasuk travelling day from/to KL)

Super Awesome! :)

Since aku dah membebel terlebih byk.. I'm gonna start my Belgium post dalam entry lain ok.
Ciao~

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Time to say goodbye: Autumn in Europe 2012

It's been a super awesome stress free 14 days..
And tomorrow morning we'll bid goodbye to Paris (for now ;))

I anticipate to have a very very busy and hectic days ahead upon reaching tanahair tercinta.. ecewah..
Orang bersusah susah dahulu bersenang2 kemudian kan..
Aku balik nanti dah panic nak kena study for exam..
(I'm hoping for a miracle btw :P)

Whyyy did i so miang registered myself when I'm obviously not ready eyh?
It's just the guilt. Yup, blame the guilt.
I keep reminding myself takkan la sanggup nak spend duit beli handbegs baru tapi tak sanggup nak spend sikit utk exam fee? 
Yup, like I said, "miang!"
I shud use the money to buy (another) handbag instead no? Hehehe

Anyway, while waiting for my Just Back Report (JBR)..
Yang hopefully takde la sampai tahun depan kan.. hehehe..
Needless to say, I need to sort hundreds of pictures..
Itu belom actually needing to upload and menaip lagik tu kan.. Huhu..
But I will get them done sooner or later..
Cause I love sharing my holiday tales..
(plus blog pon dah agak berabuk kan :P)

So, sementara tu I've select some pictures to wet your appetite..
Bon Appetit! :)
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Day 1..first stop (although technically it's our 2nd stop since we landed in Schipol Int Airport, Amsterdam) is Antwerp, Belgium..

Then we made our way to Brussels, Belgium.. Where we had our Belgium Waffle.. Sanggup tu sejuk2 makan aiskrim.. Hehe..

Day 2-4 was for exploring Amsterdam.. Loveeee this city..

Where we visit windmills.. (eh tak nampak plak windmills dlm picture nih kan.. hehehe)

Clogs.. or cakap org melayu nye terompah.. Tapi terompah diaorang nih cantik la lagik daripada terompah Opah kat kampung tuh kan.. hehe..

Then we move on to Rome, Italy..
We fall head over heels with this beautiful city.. The Eternal City :)

Sepanjang kat sana, asek la rakyat jelata diorang nih buat "manifesto" = tunjuk perasaan.. Aku rase sampai org2 keliling dia pon dah takde perasaan tgk tunjuk perasaan nih.. Huhuhu..
 The above picture was during our Private Segway Tour.. Just the 2 of us with our own guide..

Before we left Rome, confirm la kena pegi Vatican City kan.. Vatican Museum is the only museum that we entered sepanjang our honeymoon in Europe.. Museum2 lain tu pegi amik gambo kat pintu depan jek.. Baik iols tawap shopping malls daripada iols tawap museum youols! Hehe

Then we move on to Florence.. Tak tido pon.. just lalu and singgah mainly for my shopping spree..
Masa nih kira dah menggigil dah tak tahan nak shopping.. hahahha.. Mase kat Amsterdam and Rome tu shopping sikit2 je okay..

Sengih sampai telinga.. In total iols sambar 7 handbags.. Obviously bukan la semua Prada weih.. Kang aku sama dok sebelah pemintak2 sedekah yg bersepah kat Europe nih.. Huhuhu..

Since dah sampai Florence, sempat gak la jalan2 tgk pekan dia.. This is the Duomo.. My personal faveret!

And then we were in Venice.. Alhamdulillah selamat gak sampai Venice.. Hampir2 nak cancel sbb org and news kata banjir la ape la.. Mujur tak dgr cakap org without doing our own research..

From Venice we fly to Paris.. touch down kat airport, and straight pegi Disneyland..

It's like Dejavu.. as we've been here 7 years back.. But it is still as awesome as ever..

We were here for 4 nights.. and we had access to both parks for 5 days.. Walaupon kitaorg masuk 2 days aje sbb tak cukup mase nak explore the rest of Paris city..

Mr Mann and his Minnie.. xoxo..

And last but not least..
PARIS..

 Eiffel I'm so in love~


So that's the end of our Autumn honeymoon..

7 Cities..
6 take offs/ landings..
5 hotels..
4 Countries..
3 luggage bags.. 
2 lovers..

And ONE hell of an adventure :)

Will tell you more about them later okay.
Ciao~