Pandarific!!

Sorry for the long delay bz with stuff and all. So shall i continue? haha

Day 5
Leaving London. Yup, i didn't get to go to king's cross station to platform 9 3/4 where harry potter gets on the train because my dad didn't want to go there....anyway, we had to travel all the way to Beverly where auntie anna, my mom's friend lives. The thing about UK roads is....u want to imagine how it's like, ok just do this, imagine Malaysia's north south highway, now replace all the kelapa sawit trees with open fields and a few christmas type trees, now replace the cows with horses. And the kampung houses with country houses and there you have it! British highways! seriously. The speed limit is like 70 miles per hour, not km ppl, it's miles, which is actually higher than the speed limit in malaysia, so i heard. And my dad was speeding......so instead of a 3 hr journey it was like 2 and a half hours? Our car was a kia sedona (rented) the doors were automatic, cool but irritating too.

Halfway there we stopped by Stratford upon avon where they have many tudor sort of houses (very old style, englsih style) the place is actually called stratford upon avon and guess what! Shakespear was born here! His wife lives nearby too. Had a traditional English breakfast there, awesome!

We reached auntie anna's hse early and settle down. Then they took us to the beach, i took a stole from the beach, hehe hope it's ok. We also went to the arcade where we played some games. Auntie anna gave us packets filled with 2 pence to play the games, al u have to do is insert the money and then the machine will push and u try to insert till the machine pushes out money. You're sure to loose money, but it's fun to play. We then ate fish and chips, the portion was HUGE!! and in britain they eat their fish and chips with vinegar, which is surprisingly yummy. We had to rush off though to catch the ferry to Brudges, berlin. But we didn't make it in time, we were supposed to be there one and a half hours ago!! it was panic situation whey!! we were so worried we wouldn't get to go, we banged on the door and all, good thing there was a lady there who kindly helped us, she took us to another place and told us we could still use our tickets, but to go to Amsterdam, Holland. So we had to lor, no choice. My mom was upset, but i was okla, since i've never been to Amsterdam before. So we boarded the ferry, this is the first time i'm in a ferry to stay and sleep. So it was interesting. They had a perfume/ handbag shop, a chocolate/toys/books shop, coffee shop, and restaurant. They even have a cinema, casino, arcade area and lounge/bar area. But everything costs a bomb (when u convert) and it's like paying RM 25 for a movie you can watch for so much less in Malaysia, so we didn't go for it. It was hard to resist, believe me, because seriously, there was nothing to do. So we went to the kids play area where they had a pool of balls (like IKEA) and Gerald went in, we did a few things, we played the game where we shoot the balls at Gerald and he has to avoid it, we threw in money and Gerald had to find it, We did aiming and all that. (This is what happens when you're bored). Finally we went to bed.

Day 6
Was woken up by the announcer, the bad thing about being in european countries is that.....THEY SPEAK IN SO MANY LANGUAGES, so the same announcement was in like 4 diff type of languages....irritating betul. Got off the ferry, we're in Amsterdam ppl!! you can really see that the sea level is higher than the land level from a boat. It's sorta cool. Got into a bus, there was this irritating guy behind me, singing along at certain parts of some songs, i wanted to tell him to shut up and that he didn't sound anything like the singer, but then off course i didn't, apparently there was a jam, but i slept the whole way...so uh nvm.

Ok here's a note about Amsterdam...they're really liberal ok. So nude pics can be everywhere, on ads or anything. And drugs is an ok for them, so it's sold openly. And my dad told me that they don't like to share the same wall, so the build their houses with it's own walls and the gap is so small you can't even differenciate....gosh. And because of their selfishness, the buildings, due to lack of support from each other, tend to bend front or sideways abit....so this can really be applied to our life...share lah, don't be so selfish. And holland, because it's below sea level, they reclaim most of their land, and so there are no hills, it's all flat land, and mostly everyone uses bikes, they even have lanes on the roads for bikes (no kidding!) And the amount of bikes parked around the city is shocking. I wonder how they find their own bikes! So, we didn’t plan much for Amsterdam and since my parents have been here once, so they knew abit...we took the cruise, which was kinda boring to be honest because they had to repeat the same thing in 5 diff languages, so that made it boring. Then i went to Anne Franks House!! Seriously!! It’s so cool! (not that hiding during war time is cool and all, i mean being in the actual house!) well i saw the actual place and the secret door! It was very sad but a great experience at the same time. I should get the book, even though i read through halfway once.

Then we made our way through to the flower market. And there my dad made me hold the can of “grow your own drugs” it was cannabis btw.

Oh yea, i didn’t talk about their trams, trams are these trains that are on the road and you just hop on it. So we bought the super long ticket and it doesn’t matter where you’re going, they just stamp it and you’re done! But it’s 7 euro’s for 15 columns.There are also SO many mc donalds in Amsterdam alone, i think i saw like 3 or four around the same area....wow. They must love it so much!haha

So that's all about amsterdam!