10 days 7 nights Europe Trip Itinerary (11th November - 20th November 2014)

Day 1:

Checked in KLIA, Transit in Dubai Airport

Day 2: 

1. Arrived at Heathrow UK Airport at 7am 
2. UK sight-seeing tour at Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, the Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey,
3. Lunch at Chinatown 
4. Visited Buckingham Palace and No.10 Dowing Street (external view) and a two-hour shopping at Oxford Street
5. Had dinner at Kings Mall after checking-in Novotel London West.

Click Say "Hello" to London (Part 1) for more details.


Day 3: 

1. Took underground train at Hammersmith Underground Station to Westminster Station to re-visit Big Ben and House of Parliaments.
2. Took a ride on London Eye
3. Visited SEA LIFE London Aquarium
4. A great noon in Madame Tussauds London
5. Explored Underground Stations to shop at Oxfort Street.

Click Say "Hello" to London (Part 2) for more details.


Day 4: 

1. Bid "Goodbye" to Novotel Hotel and left for Brussels by Eurostar. 
2. A short tour in Brussels; Belgium - Grand Place, Chocolate shop and say " Hello" to Manneken Pis, Atomium.
3. Left Brussels to Amsterdam; Netherlands for the nice, hot dinner and checked-in Mercure Amsterdam Airport Hotel

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• London-Brussels via Eurostar
• Town Hall, Grand Place, Chocolate Shop- Chocolaterie Manneken-Pis, Manneken Pis and Atomium

Day 5:

1. Amsterdam sight-seeing
2. Zaanse Schans - Wooden windmills, barns and museums,Chocolate Factory, Dutch wooden Clogs Factory/ Showroom, Cheese Factory
3. Lunch - Fish and Chips at Van Den Hogen Restaurant; Volendam
4. Amsterdam Canal Cruise- Along Skining Bridge, Stoppera, Science Museum, Harbour, Railway Station, Gentleman;s canal, Prince Canal, Emperor Canal and stop at Gassan Diamond Showroom
5. Had dinner around Dam Square and Visit to Dam Square; Red Light District; and enjoy night scenery of Royal Place and National Monument Amsterdam.

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• Amsterdam Day Tour- Sight-seeing
• Zaanse Schans
• Volendam
• Amsterdam Canal Cruise and Gassan Diamonds Showroom
• Netherlands Chinatown and Red Light District
• Dam Square

Day 6:

1.  UNESCO World Heritage Kinderdijk for the authentic windmills
2.  Rotterdam- Cube Houses, Erasmus Bridge, Lunch @ McD Rotterdam
3.  Den Haag- The Rizzerdaal (Hall of Knights) and its beautiful fountain, Prince of William Statue; Paleis Noordeinde and Peace Palace.
4. Scheveningen- Beach
5. Had dinner at Amsterdam and visit Amsterdam Casino, Hard Rock Cafe/ Beer cafe and shops

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• Kinderdijk
• Rotterdam- Euromast tower, Central Station, Cube Houses and Erasmus Bridge
• Den Haag
• Scheveningen
• Amsterdam Hard Rock Cafe

Day 7:

Checked out hotel and dropped by rest houses for Milk/ Champagne flavor ice-cream, had lunch at Café France before heading to Galeries Lafayette.


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• Cote France Autogrill 
• Galleries Lafayette

Day 8: 

1. Admission to the 2nd floor of Eiffel tower, 
2. Paris canal cruise on seine river- passed by Pont des invalids, Passerelle Leopold-Sedar-Senghor,Pont Alexander III Bridge, Pont de la Concorde, pont du Carrousel, Pont des Art, Pont Neuf, Ile de la cite/ Pont de la Tournelle, Pont Bir Hakeim, Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir, Pont au Change, Pont d’ Austerlitz, Pont de l’ Archeveche, Pont de Sully, Pont d’ lena; Galeries Lafayette 
3. Enjoyed dinner in Paris

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• Eiffel Tower
• Seine River Cruise Tour by Bateaux Mouches
• Chez Edouard

Day 9: 

1. Visited Sacred Heart Basilica of Montmartre, Louvre Museum, Roue de Paris- Paris Ferries Wheel, Arch de Triomph,
2. Bid farewell to the nice destinations and back to Malaysia with wonderful experiences in Europe.

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• The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris -Sacré-Coeur Basilica
• Louvre Museum/ Musée du Louvre
• Not-so-authentic Japanese Cuisine @ Higuma Japanese Restaurant
• Arc de Triomphe, La Grand Roue de Paris (Paris Ferries Wheel), Luxor Obelisk

Day 10: 

Home, I'm back to your hug :)

Europe Trip- Adventures from Netherlands to France; Country of Romance

17th November 2014

The adventure of my Europe Trip is continued from my previous entries on Netherlands. The weather of the day we left Netherlands to Paris was incredibly good, with sunshine and blue sky. We felt bad for this as our photos in Kinderdijk, Den Haag, Scheveningen and Zaanse Schans would be looking nicer with the presence of the Sun.

Netherlands

Passing through a bridge and the view of canals was simply enthralling.

There are lots of windmills along the side of the highway (autoroute) to the south of France

Windmill with the sun rise

The blue sky

Windmill

Entering France

We had dropped by a restroom at the coastal highway and I had my milk ice-cream.

France

The farmhouses on the way to Paris; France were found different compared to Netherlands. Still beautiful!

The greenery

Are those wheat?

Cate France Autogrill

The coastal highways from Cote France

Desserts

Yummy chocolates

Dad chose to have tomato soup to dip with French toasts

Spaghetti

Millau Bridge in France - the tallest and amazing bridge could be seen when we passed by.

Hello, France! Bonjour Paris!

We touched down in Paris; the romantic city in 5 hours time.

It was about 5pm in Paris when we reached there.

Europe Trip- Netherlands | Amsterdam Night Scenery

16th November 2014

The time spent at Scheveningen was about 15 minutes and we departed to Amsterdam for our dinner. The tour guide mentioned that we could drop by Hard Rock Cafe and Amsterdam Casino after our dinner.The weather was cold and the wind was more menacing at night. I had to wrapped myself with the thick scarf to avoid freezing.

We did not enter Amsterdam Casino as it had entrance fee even we just wanted to visit or stroll around to have a look. Hence, we went to the shops nearby and visited Hard Rock Cafe. My dad and I was consistently controlled the shopping spree over here. Haha, the shirts, tops, jackets were beautiful, yet we had to be thrifty for the next destination.

So, a window-shopping and sight-seeing at Hard Rock Cafe. Anyway, I had bought myself a pair of Merrell hiking sport shoes with discount price offered.

Anyone wants to play chess with me?

A wonderful experience I had in Netherlands.

The extensive cycle trip from South Holland to the North was really amazing.

The final day in Amsterdam ended and we will touch down another country on the next day.

Stay tuned for my blog post about the country which fulls of Romance!

Europe Trip- Netherlands | Scheveningen

16th November 2014

Scheveningen which was renowned as one of the best tourists attractions in Den Haag. I was surprised that Den Haag has beach nearby. The sunset wasn't able to be seen as the sky was cloudy.

The pier

Bye Scheveningen!
Bye Den Haag!

Europe Trip- Netherlands | Den Haag

16th November 2014

The Hague or Den Haag is the capital city of the province of South Holland. Den Haag is about 20 minutes from Rotterdam. Den Haag itself is a very interesting city whereby the country is ruled from Den Haag while Amsterdam remains as the capital. Notably to mention that this City of Peace and Justice was actually grew around the castle i.e. Knight's Hall with very low population.

Our first stop was Paleis Noordeinde, one of the three official palaces of the Dutch royal family and it has been used as the "working palace" for King Willem-Alexander since 2013.On the opposite side of the Royal Palace, Royal Stables and some gardens were opened for public.

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima paintings

The shopping street was just next to the Paleis Noordeinde/ Royal Palace in Den Haag. 

Compared to other countries' palace, Paleis Noordeinde which is situated on The Hague's shopping streets making the residents to have chance to meet the Royal member one day here.

The next destination was Ridderzaal or the Knight's Hall. It's also named as Great Hall. Many foreign embassies and government ministries were found along the journey towards Ridderzaal. Ridderzaal is currently used for official royal receptions, and inter-parliamentary conferences. Ridderzaal is comprised of Hall of Knights, the Binnenhof (inner court) and Buitenhof (outer court). 

A photo taken in front of the statue of Prince William of Orange on a horse (1985).

p/s: It was a very cold, I am freezing soon!

Peace Palace

Souce from Denhaag.com:

Peace Palace is the seat of the International Court of Justice, the only judicial organ of the United Nations not located in New York, and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. This beautiful Neo-Renaissance style building, which was actually the winning design of an architecture competition in the early nineteen hundreds, and the organisations it houses have given The Hague worldwide recognition as the internationale city of Peace and Justice. 

The World War II memorial was just within the walking distance.

Well, have a peaceful world!

One of the great shot taken by my dad :)

Cheers!