Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Holland Trip Part 3 : Accommodation

Olla uolls...


Wow.. even I am amazed by how many entries I've been writing for the last couple of days. Bukan ape, nak share with uolls but most importantly as a travel log for me in the future. So I can remember the details of the journey. Dah makin berumur ni, my memory is not as good as I was growing up. So bear with me, ok?


Most of the days, weolls stay at Yuyul's. So mmg budget la kalau kita ada kwn or family yg stay kt negara tu. Because kami ni ramai sgt, we divide ourselves into 2 places. My family stayed at Yuyul's, while my uncle's family stayed at Hidayah's house, a few blocks from Yuyul's. Btw, Hidayah or Yaya as Zara calls her is Yuyul's colleague from UTEM. They went to Netherlands together 3 years ago. My family was really grateful to Yaya and her husband as Yuyul has a close friend with her there. We were really worried as she never stayed overseas before.



Staying at Netherlands ni nampak mcm best, but... diorg ni byk sgt rules. Ni yg slalu iolls baca tentang orang Belanda. First rule, tak bole buat bising dalam rumah. Ni sgt la betul.. So dipendekkan citer, we had to whisper and jerit2 in silence mase berborak dengan our loved ones yg dah lama tk jumpe.. What a bump kan??? Budak2 pn tk dibenarkan utk melompat2 so that org bawah tk dgr... Sian kan ktrg. Can uolls imagine our stay there?? Even, nak blender pn ada masanye, kalau tak silap 10 pagi sampai 5 petang je. Tak bole blender selain mase tuh. Takut menggangu jiran.. Sama mcm kalau nak renovate rmh. Drill walls and everthing ade certain time je bole buat. Weekend plak lain masanye.. Penatnye..



From what i learned there, org Belanda ni very family-oriented. Kat Enschede, susah nak jumpe party-goers. Pub mmg bukak tapi malam je semua kedai tutup. Pkl 5 dah gelap so kalau nak beli brg sebelum pkl 5. Iolls rase malam kt Pontian lagi "hidup" dari Enschede. Hahhahah



Weolls booked apartments at Den Haag and Amsterdam. Mata mcm terjojol keluar mase Yuyul bgtau harga mase booking tuh. Staying kt Amsterdam lglah mahaiiiiiiii. We decided to book apartments bcoz kalau book hotel pn lebih kurang sama. Rules no. 2 kt sana is duduk hotel tk boleh lebih org. Kalau kita cakap 2 org, 2 orgla yg bole stay kt situ. Kalau kantoi bole kene halau without refund!! Duduk Malaysia jgak best!!



At Den Haag (pronounce as "Den Hah", we book 1 apartment and 2 rooms for 3 nights and it costs us about 890 euros. Terduduk mula2 mase dgr harganye. Sbb dh terbiasa trs convert to RM. Last2 pasrah je lo.. Huhuhu At Den Haag, apartment is about 10 minutes walk to Den Haag Central. Tapi jalan kt Belanda ni kene hati2 dgn tram yg laju dan jalan raya yg terbalik dgn Malaysia. So iolls mmg pening kalau nk cross. Tak tau kete dtg dr kanan ke kiri. So mase cross any roads in Europe, please look at both sides ok!!



Back to the accommodation in Den Haag, diorg provide washing machine and also dryer. Siap bg detergent and softener lg. Ni mmg DAEBAK! Stove semua ada.. pinggan mangkuk pn ada. Kami mmg bawak pinggan n periuk sendiri dr rmh Yuyul. So not to worry, tinggal masak je.



Before iolls forget, TV kat Netherlands uolls kene pantau tau. Especially yg ade kids. According to Yuyul, jgn terkejut kalau mlm2 nampak bende bukan2 kt TV. Yg kerja ehem2 tu are considered profesional there. So diorg pn bole iklankan service diorg mlm2. Hihihih..



At Amsterdam, we stayed at Yays Zoutkeetsgracht Concierged Boutique Apartments. We booked 3 apartments for three nights also. But it cost us double than the one in Den Haag. Almost 1500 euros. Ni bukan mata je terjojol, jaw kami ternganga almost satu malam. Ade je hotel budget yang murah, tapi byk kat red light district. My mom is very cerewet about these kind of things. So we rather spend a bomb or else my mom is going to boikot nk tidur tepi jalan...hihiihi and i quoted her saying... Ewwwww!!!





Kapal dpn apartment owner diorg mmg tinggal dlm kapal ni. Kira dh jd rmh diorg ni.  Shiok kan? Ni mesti msk dlm bucket list nih.




Yays ni btl2 dpn canal. Cuma jauh skit dr Amsterdam Centraal. Its about a 10 minutes bus ride. Sgt cantik scenery... Macam bole tutup mata sebelah pasal regenye kejap. Lepas tu ingat balik dan meraung balik...hahhahaha


Lets talk about the most important thing while travelling....... Toilets!!


Toilets in Netherlands mmg tk shiok. Last year masa pg Turki, masih boleh tahan lagi sbb bidet toilet. Tapi like any developed countries kt dhonia ni, toilet diorg mmg bersih n very very dry... Sbb mmg tkde air, just toilet paper berduyun2. So mcm biasa, please prepare wet tissue bile msk toilet kt cni. For me, I used my portable water bottle beli kat daiso yg boleh lipat2 tuh. Isi air kt sink before msk toilet. Sgt berguna botol tuh. So u guys can imagine if u want to terbe..... kat cni, mmg masaklah!! Hahaha


Public toilet dia kene bayar 50 cents or sometimes 70 cents Euro. Selalunya nk masuk toilet ade gate/ Weolls kene masuk duit mcm parking machine tu and then br bole jalan. Toilet kt rmh pn tk byk beza...Sama gak tk ada tap air. Yg kelakar, kt rmh yuyul, toilet and shower plak jauh. Bukan sebelah-menyebelah. So lps ehem2... nak g cebok kt shower agak jauh la.. Hahahahhaha Pengalaman betul la.



Method of payment for both places in Den Haag and Amsterdam macam biasa.. Card cledet la waktu booking. For Den Haag, weolls just bg no card cledet mase booking, dh sampai kat sana br dia swipe card. Nak dijadikan cerite, yg dekat Den Haag tuh, my father's sim card ade problem. So bile swipe card kt machine, dia hntr tac no kt hp tk dpt. So terpaksa bayar cash. Cash allocated utk shopping terpaksa dilupakan... Uwaaaaaa


For Amsterdam, mmg kene bayar full trs mase booking. So tkde masalah kt situ, cuma dia block 300 Euros kt card kledet kite in case ade kecurian atau kerosakan thoughout stay kite kt sane. Kalau tkde ape2, dia pulang balik 300 euros tuh.


These pic mase kat Amsterdam yg Yays something2 tuh.. Nak sebut pn susah. Kat Den Haag tak dan nak amik gambar. Sampai je trs pengsan.







Deco style classic American.. Sgt tantikkk!! I loike!!


Ni yg iolls paling jakun!! 


Stove kat sane semua yg magnetised tuh. At Den Haag, we had no problem whatsoever with the stove. But... kat Yays ni stove dia terlebih moden sgt. Periuk yang kami bawak dia tak boleh detect. Jalan Amsterdam kami trs beli pan Tefal yg sgt murrrr kat sane. Balik excited nak masak trs terduduk sbb sama gak tak boleh detect. Pandai diorg nih.. periuk yg diorg provide tuh tkde masalah lak. Tapi sbb waswas kami mmg tak gune. Last solution, masak kat pan Tefal kami letak atas periuk diorg. Dah jadi mcm kukus lak. Tapi bolelah. Dah terdesak. Musafir style. Mee gorang jadi mee kenyal!! Hahahahah

Ok nak dido dido. Esok sambung kay.. Seee ya!!

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