somebody should give me an award for finally updating. and then take it away because i dont deserve it. i think i do, though
i think i should win a golden globe or oscar or something also.
this is the netherlands/holland post because i went there first. sweden will come later.
double decker subway. purdyyyyy cool
they have underground apartments, the cartoons weren't kidding
OK LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY OF THIS APARTMENT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO STAY IN.
few pointers about the dutch before i start telling:
- apparently nobody knows their own area very well so they end up giving wrong directions
- they somehow imagine the time taken to walk from a place to another is waaaay shorter than it actually is
- eg, its actually a 25 minute walk and they'll tell you its only like 10 minutes on foot
- keep in mind that its winter there(although theres no snow) so its cold and its not fun to walk out there for long
ok ok so first of all, we had to walk in circles for a long time because YOU KNOW WHY. anyway we ended up at a small cafe with a white door next to it. the white door was supposed to be the apartment we're gonna stay in. so anyway the owner of the apartment was kind of giving instructions like a mind control villain, so after we arrived on the white doorstep, he next thing he said was like go to this office which is like a '10 minute walk' from where we are to get the key. so my dad went and we waited. IM PRETTY SURE WE WAITED FOR LIKE AN HOUR PLUS OK.
okok so after like 600 hours, my dad came back and you know what?
THAT APARTMENT WE WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF WAS A BLOODY DECOY WHAT THE FFFF------
so we had to walk to the actual apartment which, supposedly is very near (surprise surprise, its not). and this is what it looks like:
the stairs were steeper than the ones you'll be taking on your way down to hell, i kid you not. might as well be a ladder. had to lug our bags up and down that thing.
but it was pretty cool, i mean look (the beds were downstairs, dont get confused. we go up that stairs wannabe ladder and theres another short(er) flight of stairs inside to go down.)
but it did not meet my parents expectations so we left and went to stay at a hotel. it was quiiite an experience going through all that. so we asked the dude who came to see whats our problem with the place and asked how far is it to the hotel and he said you can walk cause its really near.
its not near.
but we learned this time and we took a cab there and the driver had to use a GPS.
it looks more irl. everyone cycles. everyone.
thats a tram. everyone also travels by tram. the tracks goes on the roads so trams, cars, busses, bicycles, and all the vehicles share one road.
there are also a lot of boat houses. people actually live in them
theres this thing people have on their bicycles and they keep stuff in it including their kids. we were on a big boat thing that transports people left and right. its a short ride just to get to the other side. this is the indoor part, you can go outside. lotsa bicycles.
how they make their peppermint tea. my mom is making her tea like this now.
there're a lot of these cars as well. small puny cars. did i mention that someone drove one of these into the big boat thing and just drove out when we arrived and it was totally normal? no i did not.
we went to madame tussauds and i dont think you'll wanna see the pictures cause you've prolly seen really similar ones but this one is a mould of J.Lo's butt and if you squeeze it, it farts real loud.
the vege they use in the pasta comes straight from the pot where its growing. they just rip it out and put it in. simple as that.
some futuristic way to check in your bags on your own. we lost one bag until we came home to kl. they dont give two shits.
oh look its sweden!
to be continued.......
