Europe - Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam... =)


Have you ever tried having breakfast in France, lunch in Belgium, and dinner in Netherlands all in the same day? Well, I have! (yabang! Hahaha! XD) That’s exactly what we did on our 3rd day (Apr 27) in Europe, three different countries in one day! You might think that we would’ve been dead tired bec. of the long travel so we should’ve jumped into our beds and sleep when we arrived at our hotel in Amsterdam right?  But no, we didn’t do that, we just have to use up all our remaining energy to the last drop don’t we?! =P Read on and you’ll know… ^^

Sadly, it’s time to leave Paris. We still have so many places to see but we need to move on (maybe I’ll have my honeymoon in Paris, hmmm… that would be nice… “yobo, you better be rich!” LOL! =P). We reached Brussels before lunch time.

Of course we visited first the Mannekin Pis which is the most popular landmark in Brussels. Through all the small alleys, it’s there in the corner of a street (which is a surprise to me… isn’t it supposed to have a special place or something?!).

After more walk, we stepped out of a small street and whoah! The Grand Place! It surely lives up to it’s name, the place is so grand that I was in total awe when I stepped into that town square! It felt like I stepped back in time with all these exquisite structures surrounding me in all sides. The Town Hall is beautiful!
We stopped by to see the Atomium and to take some pictures but too bad I wasn’t able to get a good picture bec. they’re having a flea market or something in front of the structure.
After that, we’re off to Netherlands!

We arrived at Amsterdam before dinner so we still have some time to roam around the city. The best part is… the carnival ride!!! It’s the best! It’s somewhat similar to the flying fiesta in EK but this one’s 3x higher I think. It’s so cold up there but so worth it!

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