Amsterdam ~ the city of vices... & canals...

Greetings from Amsterdam!

We sat an overnight Eurail train from Copenhagen to Amsterdam...
& reached on the morning of 31st March..

the first building I recognise! the Amstersam Arena! (football stadium)

Views at Dam Sqaure. (bottom left: Royal Palace)

a bicycle park by the train station.

u can see wats the main form of transport here.

the trams in Amsterdam also makes it super confusing to walk around sometimes.
must check for cars, cyclists and trams b4 crossing roads...

Clogs galore!

big shoe. small girl.

Canals -- the single most defining part of Amsterdam.. they're everywhere!

Ruoling & Lifang with super big fries!

Waterloo Flea Market

Canal gates to allow boats to pass thru..


the chinatown here is like 3 times cheaper den in copenhagen..
bought lotsa stuff!

cookie monster for u. =)

Night view of the Canals

We walked along the (world famous) red light district. super lotsa ppl!
but i think more tourists den "customers" la.. the Dutch even organise walking tours thru this place.. we're not allowed to take photos (for obvious reasons.. so sorry gerard..) but nothing much to see la.. juz half-naked girls standing in full length windows with provocative poses.. lolz..

The Red Light District

THE NEXT DAY ~ 1ST APRIL

taking the train to a flower festival outside the city!

Keukenhof

try to spot the rainbow!

From this point on...
EVERYTHING IS FLOWERS, FLOWERS & MORE FLOWERS...

ok, maybe except this one.. nice fountain!


even flowers on trees!

tulip fields!!!

lotsa tulip fields!

can canoe along the river some more... shiok!

We came across a small animal farm where u get to play with the animals..

or where the animals can play with animals...
Little goats headbutting competition!

or some donkey-love?

cute hor?

A big windmill..


with the best view of the tulip fields!

its like a giant rainbow stretched across the entire land...

Inside an orchid pavilion

Flowers that u can buy back..

Next stop...


A windmill village!


different kinds of cheese in a cheese shop

A nice place in the Dutch country-side...

We got back to Amsterdam city centre by late afternoon...
did (quite alot of) grocery shopping!
Ruoling & Lifang went to the Anne Frank House..
the place where Anne Frank wrote her diary during WWII..

from the pics.. u can see its a v v popular place..

the 5 of us enjoying ourselves along the canal..
soaking in the spring sunshine!
shiok ah!

Our main source of food! Canned sausages, herring & bread!
(& some fake nutella)

Our last night in Amsterdam... we decided to try something tts illegal everywhere else...
some "special" kind of stuff to make u feel real good.. *evil laughter*

*aaaaaaaah.........*

but actually somehow it juz makes u feel light-headed
& very prone to laughter...
ya something like tt..

Love, from Amsterdam