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>> Thursday, April 24, 2008

Will be going to Brussels and Italy from 26 Apr (this sat) to 5 May (next next mon).

Doing final touch-up for the 10 day holiday.

Will be busy these few days.

>> Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Just came back from the Krakow and Antwerp holiday and it was great! Tiring as well coz we woke up at 1.15 am the previous day to catch the bus from Krakow to Katowice Airport and take the plane at 6.10 am.

Went Auschwitz, Wielickza Salt Mine as they are rather near Krakow as well. Krakow is a city full of culture and the people there were generally quite friendly. A Polish man who knew English approached us when we were looking at the map and brought us to the old town square. The Rynek Glowny or the old town square is beautiful and vibrant.

Antwerp is full of elaborately sculpted buildings and it is wonderful to walk along the old streets. The numerous old buildings are the symbols of the city's rich history.

We were all tired after the quick tour of Antwerp and got back to Delft to rest.

Off to first overseas trip from Netherlands

>> Saturday, April 19, 2008

I am going to Poland tomorrow!

Will be going Krakow and Oswiecim.

Back on tuesday afternoon.

:)

Keukenhof Day Trip (9 Apr 08) (Part 1)

>> Thursday, April 17, 2008

We took the train to Leiden Centraal to take a bus to Keukenhof. Keukenhof, known also as the Garden of Europe is situated near Lisse, Netherlands, and is the world's largest flower garden. According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park, there are approximately 7,000,000 (seven million) flower bulbs planted annually at the park.

Group photo outside Leiden Centraal Station

Passing by an exceptionally outstanding building

On the bus

On the other side of the bus

Passing by flower fields

Reached Keukenhof

At the entrance of Keukenhof

Taking photo with a traditional Dutch beauty

Olympics winners!

Musical fairytale

Flowers and fountain

Flowers galore

Nice flowers

Can barely see my face

Under a steel structure

Duck among the flowers

Perspective shot

Hehe....

I am not very demanding i think, but some people might beg to differ. Lol...

I just sent out a list of criteria in planning for trips and here it is below.

Task 1

Choosing the hostel
Criteria
1) Price (V Impt)
2) Location (V Impt)
3) Reviews (Impt)
4) Availability (Impt as we all stay together is best)

Recommended site to choose hostel: www.hostelworld.com

Task 2

Marking the tourist attractions on the printed maps.

Task 3

Create a detailed document documenting from the time we leave Delft to take the plane, how we go from the airport to Basel, and how we are getting to our hostel etc. Indicate the transportation that we are taking as well. Do the same when we go back to Delft.

Task 4

Research on the tourist attractions. Eg, what time does Louvre museum open until? What's the price for climbing up Eiffel Tower? How to get to the tourist attraction, etc.

Task 5

Create a budget for the trip. Calculate the fixed costs (transportation + hostel fee, etc) as well as estimate the non fixed costs.

Task 6

Compile them into a document and send it to me after you have finished planning.

Don't worry about navigation as i will most probably be leading the way with the maps. (So make sure the locations are marked correctly)

Thanks for your help!

Useful Website: http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page

Not too demanding, i hope. :)

No time to blog

>> Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Been going out almost everyday and planning trips at night.

Not much time to blog but i'll put up a photo which i like a lot.

Such incredible brilliant burst of colours in matching form

Eliminate

>> Monday, April 14, 2008

In order not to create any discord of any sorts, I have deleted my previous post.

I do not want to dwell on any negative thoughts as well, so I should not blame anyone for the matter.

:)