As I was saying yesterday the fourth day we headed for The Netherlands. We didn't know much about the country so the plan was to discover it step-by-step. We stopped for Rotterdam as it was the first big city after the "imaginary" border with Belgium. Unfortunately it was raining cats and dogs but the city impressed us with its strange, new and futuristic architecture. No wonder it was designated The Architectural City of 2007. Take a look and enjoy:
The famous swan bridge (is the symbol of the city and of course is the favourite theme for all the souvenirs).
Then is this New York Hotel (situated on a sort of Peninsula) the oldest in the country (I guess). Very posh and expensive. We were forced to visit it for free due to physiological emergencies :) but was not impressive at all...on the contrary! So my advice don't spend all your savings for a night there...better go to a hostel. Otherwise the building itself on the outside is quite well preserved. On the back you can see a new building of some TV local broadcast. In the front of the hotel is the Rotterdam port.
Other crazy buildings:
We ended our photo shooting adventure in Rotterdam here as our camera's memory card was full. Until we found a city-mall in the town of Den Haag we felt frustrated...but afterward we took pictures of everything...
This is a figurines park in Den Haag which is a sea resort at the North Sea. Here on the beach the wind's speed is something like that of a hurricane. We thought our ears and heads will fall apart into the sand at some point:
Only these guys felt like party. It is something like a windsurf but not quite. Anyway at those winds they were practically flying.
We enjoyed the sunset...
And left the shore for a desirable meal...hopefully not soupe de poisson.
The famous swan bridge (is the symbol of the city and of course is the favourite theme for all the souvenirs).
Then is this New York Hotel (situated on a sort of Peninsula) the oldest in the country (I guess). Very posh and expensive. We were forced to visit it for free due to physiological emergencies :) but was not impressive at all...on the contrary! So my advice don't spend all your savings for a night there...better go to a hostel. Otherwise the building itself on the outside is quite well preserved. On the back you can see a new building of some TV local broadcast. In the front of the hotel is the Rotterdam port.
Other crazy buildings:
We ended our photo shooting adventure in Rotterdam here as our camera's memory card was full. Until we found a city-mall in the town of Den Haag we felt frustrated...but afterward we took pictures of everything...
This is a figurines park in Den Haag which is a sea resort at the North Sea. Here on the beach the wind's speed is something like that of a hurricane. We thought our ears and heads will fall apart into the sand at some point:
Only these guys felt like party. It is something like a windsurf but not quite. Anyway at those winds they were practically flying.
We enjoyed the sunset...
And left the shore for a desirable meal...hopefully not soupe de poisson.
A M S T E R D A M
Wandering and looking for a city map, right in the centre of the town we saw this building...that we could not miss :)
It's a crap! Don't spend your 12 Euros/person on a visit. You'll be disappointed and end up like us...
DRUNK
Or God knows what else!
If you're art lovers here is the National Art Museum. The Rembrandt Museum. All the city smells like Rembrandt. Rembrandt Park
Rembrandt Caffe. Rembrandt Memorial House - the one with the green door (no pictures allowed inside)
And while walking the city to find these hot-spots you are surprised by all the curiosities and inventiveness of the locals:
Public men toilettes. Boys watch your back (read ass pls!:)
And you cannot leave Amsterdam without shopping for some souvenirs. The offer is diverse but if you cross the Netherlands' border with some of these for your garden it can be extremely dangerous or just extreme?!...I wouldn't know that as the "souvenirs' shop was already closed when we passed by.
We visited Antwerpen on our way back to Charleroi airport in Belgium. It's a nice medium-size Belgian city. We bought our resource of chocolate we visited the Military museum, the Cathedral and the Grand Place
Proud to see our National Flag along the others (somewhere on the third row)
Well at least some were seeing something!
Until next time, have a safe flight, boat, car or foot trip and don't forget to share it with the rest of us!
Is the city of contrasts. Elegance, romance, sex, drugs and tones of bicycles!!! That is why if you're driving in Amsterdam you feel like a minority and as well if you're a pedestrian. The cyclists use their klaxon a lot on those parts. We even witnessed a cyclists accident...quite funny and not with casualties :)
Wandering and looking for a city map, right in the centre of the town we saw this building...that we could not miss :)
It's a crap! Don't spend your 12 Euros/person on a visit. You'll be disappointed and end up like us...
IRASCIBLE
DRUNK
Or God knows what else!If you're art lovers here is the National Art Museum. The Rembrandt Museum. All the city smells like Rembrandt. Rembrandt Park
Rembrandt Caffe. Rembrandt Memorial House - the one with the green door (no pictures allowed inside)
And while walking the city to find these hot-spots you are surprised by all the curiosities and inventiveness of the locals:
Public men toilettes. Boys watch your back (read ass pls!:)
And you cannot leave Amsterdam without shopping for some souvenirs. The offer is diverse but if you cross the Netherlands' border with some of these for your garden it can be extremely dangerous or just extreme?!...I wouldn't know that as the "souvenirs' shop was already closed when we passed by.
We visited Antwerpen on our way back to Charleroi airport in Belgium. It's a nice medium-size Belgian city. We bought our resource of chocolate we visited the Military museum, the Cathedral and the Grand Place
Proud to see our National Flag along the others (somewhere on the third row)
Well at least some were seeing something!
Until next time, have a safe flight, boat, car or foot trip and don't forget to share it with the rest of us!
3 comentarii:
looks like you had lots of fun on your trip. I was kinda gelous on George cause he got to talk to you and hear the story straight from you, but this is good too. Nice way to keep in touch with frienda. I am so glad George keeps a blog, that way I do not need to do it. :)
So, aren't you going to tell about the experience of flying? :-D
I am quite surprised how beautiful cannabis flowers can be! Would love to buy the seeds and have in our garden. By the way, you will soon be able to plan a nice trip to the UK.
about the new york hotel, don't worry because most of the hotels in new york look crappy, old buildings that breathe old air through all their walls.
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