NewGirlInTown

It’s been 2 years since my last post! Well, I admit that I was busy but moreover my blog was suspended!!! For like a year maybe, and I didn’t know what to do at first but then decided to contact WordPress team and got my blog to be reopened!

Yeay!

Anyway, I’m back to Indonesia for good and further I’ll post some of my vacation during my time in Europe and maybe China (Shanghai).

So, for Europe Vacation part 1, I’ll be telling you about Netherland and Belgium! I only went to Amsterdam and Brussels tho~

1. Amsterdam

What’s so interesting here is that the fact that I stayed inside a BOAT! For a solo traveller like me, it’s interesting to find place that is unusual for your additional little experience. I got the info for boat staying at hostelworld.com. I stayed at a boat named Vita Nova, the room was small but quite cozy. It was just a 2D1N trip so staying there was not really a problem. Well, you might consider staying at a proper hotel if you’re staying for more than 1 night or if you’re staying together with large group.

The breakfast here was amazing! Simple but really tasty~ It’s also not hard to find because it’s near the central station. Oh, fyi I went to Amsterdam and Brussels by bus from Paris using Eurolines.

The next day I went to explore Amsterdam tourist spots like Madame Tussaud museum, Heineken Experience, and also culinary! Most of the times I used the pocket guide provided by hostelworld (they provide pdf version of city guide for some cities around the world :D). Check out photos below:

Very cute E.T isn’t it 🙂

People there said that we have to go to this park where there is a huge iamsterdam letters stand on. Pretty cool huh? Amsterdam is super windy, especially if u go there during autumn – winter! It’s almost useless to bring umbrella! (Mine and my friends got broken heavily).

As most of the people know, Netherlands is quite well known for the bicycle there. Most of Hollander use bike as their main transportation although there’s train or tram that they can use. Not much of them use car because the expensive parking fee. One of my friends once told me that people there really concern about their health which is one of the reason for them to take bike and walk rather than use air-polluting transportation (well, contradict with the fact that marijuana is legal). Good job there! 😀

I also went to Heineken Museum, where they explain the brewery process and even how to drink beer properly 😀

They have horses inside the museum as well!

Things that shouldn’t be missed when going to Amsterdam is trying the local food!!! Bitterballen and poffertjes are main food that you should try if u go there 😉 You can find lots of restaurants at Leidseplein, lots of street food and bars as well 🙂 If you want to just stroll around, you can go to Vondelpark to chill (was annoyed once there cos I expected fresh air but couples of youngsters smoke marijuana and ruined the air I was breathing).

The next day I was off to Brussels, Belgium. This city is super nice but unfortunately not really much to see 😦 The food is fantastic here tho! from waffle, chocolate, ’till mussels! Oo lala~

Went there at winter and there was Christmas market in the city 🙂
The famous Manneken Pis. It was so crowded and full of people that want to see this small statue. I repeat. Small.

Not much to mention about Brussels, so part 1 ends here. Click here for Brussels pocket city guide.

Next part will be about Spain 🙂