Amsterdam! A beautiful city, wonderfully planned, great mix of old and new, cultural yet seedy, intelligent multi-lingual locals and many handsome Dutch men! Weather there was perfect, sunny always with the right kind of dryness so you don't sweat much. Yes, spending in Euro sure made us a lot poorer. We biked 4 out of 7 days. That, caused lotsa butt aches and about 7 bruises on my legs. We spend a day and night at Haarlem. Beautiful city! Argh, I loved it there. It's a lot quieter than Amsterdam.
The first picture was taken from Google images. The second is to give you an idea we exactly we are. Yup, we obviously did the touristy thing by taking photos with the iconic sign 'I amsterdam'.
The bus stop's name is called Stayokay Haarlem because the only thing near it is the hostel called Stayokay Haarlem which we spent the night in. It's quite far from Centruum.
Behind our hostel is a beautiful park, which we only took 1/2 hour to explore. Too bad we didn't give ourselves more time. During our night at Stayokay Haarlem, a couple of boys started knocking on our windows from the outside. It was about 12 am, when we just finished bathing. We got really really scared. Imagine, in the quiet suburbs come urgent knocks on your windows from the outside!! And it was just us 3 girls. The older American lady staying in the same room had left for the bar. We quickly grabbed our valuables and look for the staff. It turned out that those pranksters were fellow boarders. They were warned and subsequently, nothing else happened.
This is the iconic church in Haarlem at Centruum. (Centruum meaning Central, I think) The people in the foreground are just hanging out in the early evening, probably drinking beer. Cafe-seating is a big part of the culture in Netherlands, as a matter of fact, in many parts of Europe too.
The first picture was taken from Google images. The second is to give you an idea we exactly we are. Yup, we obviously did the touristy thing by taking photos with the iconic sign 'I amsterdam'.
The bus stop's name is called Stayokay Haarlem because the only thing near it is the hostel called Stayokay Haarlem which we spent the night in. It's quite far from Centruum.
Behind our hostel is a beautiful park, which we only took 1/2 hour to explore. Too bad we didn't give ourselves more time. During our night at Stayokay Haarlem, a couple of boys started knocking on our windows from the outside. It was about 12 am, when we just finished bathing. We got really really scared. Imagine, in the quiet suburbs come urgent knocks on your windows from the outside!! And it was just us 3 girls. The older American lady staying in the same room had left for the bar. We quickly grabbed our valuables and look for the staff. It turned out that those pranksters were fellow boarders. They were warned and subsequently, nothing else happened.
This is the iconic church in Haarlem at Centruum. (Centruum meaning Central, I think) The people in the foreground are just hanging out in the early evening, probably drinking beer. Cafe-seating is a big part of the culture in Netherlands, as a matter of fact, in many parts of Europe too.
