Amsterdam
Last Weekend I had visited Amsterdam.
Took a train (called ICE for Inter City Express - superfast express) at 7:05pm but i left office almost and hour and a half before time. On the HauptBahnhof (the main railway station) I got something to eat (Pizza Hut :) ) and drink (apple juice).. and then boarded the train some 20 min earlier. ICE is better than Lufthansa :).. they probably knew my state of affairs and had handed me a lone seat. the journey seamed really slow. the train got some 15 min late. and i was worried that poo might think that i was gonna come the next weekend.. they were playing some nice songs in the train.. some coincidence it was that there were announcements at the time my fav song was playing (this happened twice)
finally when i landed at amsterdam, it took me not much effort to reach Pooja's house (where i was suppose to stay). they (pooja and pratibha - her roomie) were sitting on the stairs of their house to give me a grand welcome.. had wonderful dinner (not self made for a change).
that night we went to Leiderplein - a famous place in Amsterdam where you find ppl in numbers at any hour of the day. somewhere arnd here a few scenes from Hum Tum were shot.
The next day, we went to a place called Geithoorn (wished i could send a wav file to let you know how it is pronounced). Its a small village with canals. The canal ride was extremely beautiful. We had Pan cakes for lunch. Lunch lasted for hours. The place was mostly crowded by oldies. But all the old ppl looked very enthu as they danced to the tune of the band that was being played in (outside) the restaurant. We roamed for a while and got back to amsterdam, though getting back didnt look a sure thing for a while as this place is cut off from the rest of the world as there are no buses on weekends (only cars). Saw (new) Dewaar at that night.
The next day morning went to Vondel Garden. It was a garden which has no end (unless you have lots of time to find out where it ends). Then we went to airport to pick up someone (an infoscion).
After that we went to Heinniken Experience (Heinniken is the famous beer maker in netherlands). Where we saw how is beer made (hihi ha) (right from how its created from the raw materials upto how it reaches your stomach ). We actually experienced :) it. The best section was one in which you are shown what all things a beer bottle undergoes. In this, you are a bottle and you feel all the jerks and twists and turns that the bottle takes.. it was wonderful.. we had a glass of beer each (three glasses of beer was free). It tasted awful.. but felt good :)
Then we went to the place where Anne Frank had stayed (rather hid). It was a very touching museum (there was so much rush that you cant avoid touching other ppl). After that we visited Madam Tusads Museum. It was fun to be with so many celebreties. Arnold, Jlo, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and many others. Lots of snaps are waiting to be seen. The horror section was the best. There were some living ppl standing as statues.. and all of a sudden they used to move, making ppl faint. (It was more like the Ganpati decorations we see. Difference being the statues were way to finely made.)
Then went to the Dam Square.. did some shopping.. went to MacD.. and then returned home
That was all for the day..
The next day morning i took the return ICE. Was back to Frankfurt by 11am and straight to office by 11:20am. the return journey was very fast.
So.. overall a very nice weekend.. Got to see the colorful Amsterdam. Its a far more happening city as compared to Frankfurt.. frankfurt goes dead after 7pm (bar a few places). Amsterdam is pretty expensive as well..
cya
kesar
Took a train (called ICE for Inter City Express - superfast express) at 7:05pm but i left office almost and hour and a half before time. On the HauptBahnhof (the main railway station) I got something to eat (Pizza Hut :) ) and drink (apple juice).. and then boarded the train some 20 min earlier. ICE is better than Lufthansa :).. they probably knew my state of affairs and had handed me a lone seat. the journey seamed really slow. the train got some 15 min late. and i was worried that poo might think that i was gonna come the next weekend.. they were playing some nice songs in the train.. some coincidence it was that there were announcements at the time my fav song was playing (this happened twice)
finally when i landed at amsterdam, it took me not much effort to reach Pooja's house (where i was suppose to stay). they (pooja and pratibha - her roomie) were sitting on the stairs of their house to give me a grand welcome.. had wonderful dinner (not self made for a change).
that night we went to Leiderplein - a famous place in Amsterdam where you find ppl in numbers at any hour of the day. somewhere arnd here a few scenes from Hum Tum were shot.
The next day, we went to a place called Geithoorn (wished i could send a wav file to let you know how it is pronounced). Its a small village with canals. The canal ride was extremely beautiful. We had Pan cakes for lunch. Lunch lasted for hours. The place was mostly crowded by oldies. But all the old ppl looked very enthu as they danced to the tune of the band that was being played in (outside) the restaurant. We roamed for a while and got back to amsterdam, though getting back didnt look a sure thing for a while as this place is cut off from the rest of the world as there are no buses on weekends (only cars). Saw (new) Dewaar at that night.
The next day morning went to Vondel Garden. It was a garden which has no end (unless you have lots of time to find out where it ends). Then we went to airport to pick up someone (an infoscion).
After that we went to Heinniken Experience (Heinniken is the famous beer maker in netherlands). Where we saw how is beer made (hihi ha) (right from how its created from the raw materials upto how it reaches your stomach ). We actually experienced :) it. The best section was one in which you are shown what all things a beer bottle undergoes. In this, you are a bottle and you feel all the jerks and twists and turns that the bottle takes.. it was wonderful.. we had a glass of beer each (three glasses of beer was free). It tasted awful.. but felt good :)
Then we went to the place where Anne Frank had stayed (rather hid). It was a very touching museum (there was so much rush that you cant avoid touching other ppl). After that we visited Madam Tusads Museum. It was fun to be with so many celebreties. Arnold, Jlo, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and many others. Lots of snaps are waiting to be seen. The horror section was the best. There were some living ppl standing as statues.. and all of a sudden they used to move, making ppl faint. (It was more like the Ganpati decorations we see. Difference being the statues were way to finely made.)
Then went to the Dam Square.. did some shopping.. went to MacD.. and then returned home
That was all for the day..
The next day morning i took the return ICE. Was back to Frankfurt by 11am and straight to office by 11:20am. the return journey was very fast.
So.. overall a very nice weekend.. Got to see the colorful Amsterdam. Its a far more happening city as compared to Frankfurt.. frankfurt goes dead after 7pm (bar a few places). Amsterdam is pretty expensive as well..
cya
kesar
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