AMSTERDAM ... Brief 24HOURs visit ....

AMSTERDAM ......
cAPIAL cITY OF Netherlands ....... HOLLAND .... if Uu're FOOTBALL fanatic ....  d' colour is ORANge ...

Describing.... a brief VISIT to AMSTERDAM... infact a long story to reach here..  particularly choosen here as early selected section of d' city visited...
OUr journey began from LONDon ....by  budget airline to PARIs...France... by TRAIN to Brussels... nn by pre booked coach to Amsterdam ... before transferred to local train to d' city ....

Early depatured .. morning from Paris.... arrived noon  nn ...LUNch in Brussels, capital city of BELGIUM ... nn to BUS Station ....by budget coach to Amsterdam ..

HEar d' STOry.......   hopefully UUuu stick to my blog looking nn reading...... oooooo

Map shown ... ENGLANd, UK and EUROPe.... mainland
nn .... travelling round to - fro






All started... finding d' TRAIN Station to BRUSSELs ... travelling crossing border need NOT any clearification for immigration.... all in ONE... even MONEY also using EURO..... as updated Foreign Exchange for 1 EUR is equalled to B$1.80   .... how NIce.... d' freedom of travelling  here  ......



CITy tram...means for public transport system... popular short route ...
Connection station to another place .... Coach Station to Amsterdam..

Time schedulled ....had to wait another few more hours    ... meanwhile at NOOn... in foreign land... unknown.... know nothing ...

So... out of station to look around ..... here in Brussels....indication of MUslim Restaurants around ....

Just ordered Algerian Food...

Able to catch UP..... coach to  Amsterdam ....  feeling comfort .. as seats nn legs room of d' coach ...LARGe enough for ASians ....

 

Directions.... finding Uu OWn.. MAP ...available..for  people like us.. FREE.....

OLd nn developed country.... could be compared FARr in front ... more advance than us in Asia .... most of the countries here are MASTERs of previous colonialism ...NEtherland was d' Colonial master of INDONESIA ..... as  called "Orang BElanda" ..... still have many people from Indonesia... had been to Indonesia ... nn .. few Indonesians become d' citizen here ....... too

Looking ...spaGhetti roads... double...triple... stories road ways.. everywhere ....
BUt... clear noticable d' SIGn BOards... would NOT make Uu.. LOSt...

  

LOOKing for OUr booked  HOTEL ..........   WHEre..??????

REgistering at RHO Hotel..... right in d' city .... d' hotel was pre booked through website ..... SIX of us in ONe room......    !!!!!

Hotels in central area were expensive....   So to avoid any suspicion ...  as hotels here were very strict to accomodate rooms .... each of us in turned to enter lift ....... Imagine ...sharing ONE...BIg bed in SIX....??????

IT was NIGHt to remember.... NOt only us squeezing for a place for sleep ....while on TV...CCN... heard about ....MICHEAL JACKSON collapsed..nn coma.... later news in d' morning.... he was GONe... forever..




 Night in Amsterdam...... had to make used of precious times here....
JUst walked around.....roads.. water ways... nice..channels around too ... nn something...
NIce...... bright...light orange couloured... NOt all places....  what ???   
UNusual to NEW people ... but tOURIST......
.....this was d' main purpose  ...reason of.... their arrival..  heaven..???
..to see ... to experience ... to proof .... so ..nn  soo



NICe glasses .... transparent LARGe ...windows..... 
WHAt could Uu SEE......????      
Here..  sexy.. human beings...... LEgal.... nn  licenced by Authority...
Real LIVE... flesh selling.... make choices...  so..window shopping.. too  ???
PRostitutessss..........
            all .... many... different colours.... ???
            .......     UUUUuu OWn CHoice...... just watch..



NIGht Lights..... gooneeee ...
DAyy light...  another cheerful day ..another story..... just too early morning...  times waste ....NOt... 
.....YELLOW ...wooden LARGe MONstrous....   HOllander SHoe.. typical fashioned originally copied for TOURist to SEE .....   NICE here.... for pictures.........
JUst few steps....few doors ...to our RHO HOTEL....


Leaving Hotel... soon at main entrance reception ...NOthing Unusual.... for SIX in a ROOM.... ??   ............ ha ppp  yy yy...

COLOUrful city ....posters..... teather... shows.... ADVERTisments....
....so popular here.... with LIVe Show.......

OPEN    UUuuu eyes.... nnn .. Uuu KNow d' differences with oUR country... farrr mid - East ....





 mANNY waYS .....PROMOTing WITH ATTRACTIVE Info ....

....just observe....       Hotels' sign......  Sightseeing..... water ways.....  tricycles.... horses..... coach ..... TRAins..... souvenirs.... wwooow..

LOOK...at d' TWo different scooters' Usage...      hOW USEFul.....  they could BE...??????   Each got d' MISSIon......

CInemas to VIEW d' films ..... GOOd Films unavailable to ...some other countries...... or ...prohibited to certain places.... wonderFUL... yeh..

SHops were all inviting Uuu to PURCHASe  whatever on  ....SALE.....

 DRinks...openly...in public eyes...  popular while Uu seated ... along d' corridors ....along d' frontage roads... narrow passage .. path ways ... all available places were taken... to serve drinking..... soft... drinks.... hard drinks.... any  eeeee?????



 UNquestionable..... MORe Tourist... SUMMER Time....
AMSTERdam.... so popular compact place.....  meet everybody...
NOt to mention..... business GOOd...   
MOre bikes ..... motorcycles....  NOn engines ...   BICYCles... so..sooo  manyyy too....
MADAMe TUSSAUDs took d' advantage of VISITing PEOPLe all over d' WORLD..... made this concept MORe popular .... when 1st opened.... only in LONDon...

YEEh.... to us NO Good... GRAFFiti.....  
Uu know some people dO NOt know where to write ... draw... paint... so empty WaLL.. Good enough..

NOW....MORe.. to appreciate...  GRAFFAti...style..design ...WWHY????



HOT SUMMER .... people do...Shopping....  people DO spending....at places... to them away from d' HEAt... to find calm.. cool ...A-COn ..place   .... sort off .....
So shopping..at.... MALL....where BRanded... Name... places ... worth to buy souvenirs ... BUT here found it.... more empty spaces.... ????
People preferred...  road sites ...SALEs' offer ..... specially for tOUrist....



  NOT only local ... human  ... animals .....BIRds....also welcomed us...
THey must be   offering or requesting .. something ....    Hungry..... ????
         nn  shopping NOt necessarily ....IN door ....
         ......most outdoor for chosen ONes ...


 AMSTERDAM ... so many paths ... walk ways.... penetrate to inner places...
JUst walked around.... to appreciate d' OLD building... wiith different unique designs ......
ONE... just OLD pipe tap ...... with ...LION HEad ..  unique



 TIMes passed so quickly .... flight schedulled supposed to be late evening... still  DAy light...
Had to say ...good BYe...  AMSterdam ....
Found d' way out to d' AIRport just few kilometers from here.... by train ...





NNOT d' enddd...     yet





Want to know....  m o r eee   ........WHy  ???      ....   here...
LEt's See........    thirty years agoooo  ................. was..  here
                                                NOt... even my eldest son.....

Group of STUDENTs UNION........ touring EUROPE...... at younger age
Costume dresses .... hired for special picture session .... Amsterdam
FInd ME........ my wife.. somewhere ......

Here... at young hairy... serious muncho face...
...but spaghetti...maggi mmee... HAIR.... .....NOt wax ...lol..
...Visited at ......Fishing Village
THe wooden Shoes.... remember... earlier pictures... ????
WE used double deck BUS to Europe.... for TWo weeks touring ... 
The two faces.....  familiar till today....   !!!!...wow .... something to tell  ..  to new generation.......  eeeeeee hh
A LOT..... but...     FUll sTOP ... here....