Axlle is BACK!

ok. this is old news. 10 days old to be exact. coming back to Singapore after the 5 months was an experience itself. the flight started at 2pm in milan and after 3 movies, spongebob, a stupid documentary, 11 hours of anticipating, i touch down at Changi at 8am in the morning. talk about a short night.

The whole family less grandma came. haha. they sure miss me. luggage took up most of the room. I DROVE. yeah i miss my car. driving on the left side somehow feels a tad bit weird. must be the road trip. it has got into me.

Casper didnt recognise me at first. i think he was surpised and i smell different. i was quite surprised by his reaction too. but after 10sec, he suddenly got very excited and refused to let me go anywhere. haha. that boy. unusually obedient.

My room feels different. i got a new curtain and my new maid put on a bed sheet that wasnt mine. nvm. just glad to be home.

spent the last however many days packing up my room. forced myself to do an entire spring cleaning before i unpack my stuff. Its messy before i left for milan.

Went Ikea the day before to get the grill. yes i am going to cook. got inspiration to design my white wall on top of my console. it will be nice. heh.

Still jet lagging. trying to sleep earlier and earlier thou. trying. clubbing and late night supper is not helping.

Amsterdam & Brussels!!

The trip is rated 2nd best after london's. Queen's Day was the ultimate experience. Amsterdam is grossly misunderstood. Brussels was the icing on the cake.

The trip was planned to be another travelling-alone-to-find-my-friend trip, after Helsinki. I was not able to fly directly to amsterdam as it was rather expensive to do so. Flying to Brussels and a bus trip to amsterdam offered a chance to visit another country for a fraction of the cost. I jumped on the opportunity, although i didnt know what to expect in Brussels. The impression of Amsterdam, and the hype of Queen's Day, Brussels was supposed to be just another 'trophy', another country that i visited.


Along the way, Jo decided to join me for Amsterdam. She heard that Queen's Day was going to be hyper happening, and Brussels turned out to be better than expected.

Brussels
28, 29 Apr, 2 May

Victor Hugo once said that this is the most beautiful square in Europe. I reckon he meant the rest of the world too. It does not take much to agree with him. Just walk into the square. Its the best I have seen thus far in Europe.












Not far away from the square, we saw this signboard. heh. random pic.


After Italy, especially Rome and Florence, it was easy to want to skip this church. we went in anycase.

Belgium chocolate. Its everywhere in Brussels. EVERYWHERE.









Each of them are pictures of different stores that we came across in Brussels, and they are by no no no means exhastive. Its a wonder that we didnt buy any. But after reading a particular tip from the map that was given to us by the hostel, we were convinced that we will not be getting it.

"They are nice to see but expensive. Only tourist and locals who have run out ideas for birthday presents. Usually, local just get them off the shelves of supermarket."

Boy did we heed that advice. The made-in-belgium bar of chocolate that we got off the shelves was good. good enough for the price we paid. hahah.

Bussels got more than chocolate to offer. I was rather suprise that they have tonnes of seafood. 1kg of mussels for 30euros. drinks included. not excatly the price that me and Jo would pay, but they do really look fresh and delicious. The whole street of seafood resturant, just like boat quay.






And of course, excellence fries and waffles in Brussels. We just cant get enough of them. Fries after waffles after fries after waffles. That was basically was in and filled our stomach.







And and and.... and thats about all..

Amsterdam

29, 30, 31 Apr, 1 May

After a 4 hour bus ride from Brussels, we reached Amsterdam in the evening on 29th April.

This is basically what we saw:

Yup. Rivers, rivers and more rivers. thats Amsterdam.


Shyuan's fav cafe. This quaint little cafe along the river. i can stay there all day boat watching. yup boat watching. I love Amsterdam. Oh, if you are thinking the photo is slanted, its not. Its the cafe.


Us, chilling at the cafe. feeling the breeze. then i realised why amsterdam used to be filled with willmills. it never stop. not even for a sec.

Oh, not forgeting the streets. the streets of Amsterdam. coffeeshop, cafe, sexshops, bars, clubs, souvenir shops. Thats most of it. thats about it.



Funfair infront of the palace!! all for Queen's day! guess who got excited over it.



We felt like we we in American TV shows when we had the chinese take away. haha. if u know wat i meant.


Windmills!!
Trip to visit windmills was unforgettable!!









So here's the story. We got invited to have beer and a river tour by this friendly family that we just got to know! how cool is that! I took the wheel. haha.








Queen's Day!!!!
it. was. absolutely. cazy. see photos.






Street anywhere and everywhere, u find pple selling their stuff. its a whole city of carnival!
Little children included!



2euros to throw whip cream at me!





Coffin orange juice anyone?



Guess where the reall action was.

THE RIVER!! it was filled with house music blasting boats, filled with orange, white people, filled with energy to party all day long.























AND


This boat is voted the best boat of the year! by me. haha. this is wat it has got the offer.

Huge boat. thats a must, filled with happening people.

Good house music with live DJ.

And chic and well dressed Saxophone player that play in tune with the house music.

the the ultimate... they have a huge confetti gun that throws out confetti everytime they pass a bridge.


Someday, it will happen in Singapore. some day.