Je suis alle a AMSTERDAM: Tante Lianda and her family

Holland  

Well, Schipol was a bit quite that night, due to we arrive at 12pm. The immigration office halted us, and asked for a few questions regarding our stay. Wel, luckily tante lianda was the one who picked us up, so they release us as soon as they met her. I met the cute gentlemen boys, Damien 8, and Galvin 7, who warmly greeted us, and they offer to carry our 22 kg luggage with them.  They were so lovely and sweet. I met Marco, tante Lianda’s husband who were very nice to us and very warm also. They lived at Amstelveen, about 15 minutes to Shipol and 30-45 minutes to Amsterdam. Netherland at night in summer time was no hot at all. Well, it is at 21 degrees celcius, so we were a bit shivering that night, luckily the late shower helped us to sleep better. J.  The first thing to be awed in Holland was they are very fond in bicycling. Watch out for the bicycles there, they are more abundant than any other transportation. 

 Galvin and Damien

 Marco, me and Gerynd

            The next day we went to Vollendam with Marco and Damien and Galvin. It was a village, used to be a fishermen’s village, but now they turn them into tourism place where they are famous for theirs photo session using Holland’s traditional clothes. I learned a lot from Marco, that Vollendam was used to be a beach with salt water, and then this one genius from Holland turn them into fresh water by making borders between the sea and the fresh water. Well, if you look at the distance, you’ll think that it is impossible to be a lake, because it was so far, you can’t see the end of it. Holland has these big houses with a windmill on it. That is used for pumping out the water, because you see in Holland, the water surface is higher than the land surface.  Also it is used to put on the harvest products inside of it, and many other functions for the building itself. 
Vollendam is also the city for tourist who like to take pictures with Holland's traditional outfit. So there I go posing. :)

            Next day in Holland, we were taken to the Amsterdam “Dam” square, and Marco would pick us up at 11pm at night. We started our day at 12pm, and decided to go to the Madame Tussaud museum. They are open daily from 10:00 am until 5:30 pm. The individual prices are

Adults

€ 21,-

Children (5-15)

€ 16,-

Children (0-4)

Free

Over - 60

€ 21,-

And you may visit their official websites, http://www.madametussauds.com/Amsterdam/en/Default.aspx . 

If you booked your ticket from the website, you’ll get reduction about 2 euros.

 Very unique museum, beautiful waxes, and you’ll be awed by the decoration also the equipment of the museum itself. Let say that you take a picture of David Beckham during his sit up poses, then the museum gave you one spot of the sit-up chairs, so you can actually do the same as he does. Many cute things are there in the museum. It was expensive, yet it was worth to see. Best wax for me was the charming Johnny Depp and also the gorgeous Robert Pattinson. :P. 

Okay, now we are looking for food. Many people bring an upside down cone paper filled with French fries with some delicious topping. We were curious, and found it interesting to try. It called Frites, you can buy I in the Vlaamse Frites, and also the Mannekin Piss store. Make sure you’re not full when you eat these, because it is quite a huge portion, especially for Indonesian. :P. Amsterdam at night was beautiful, but the stores were closed early at about 6-7pm. Make sure you buy what you need before that time. At night *night here means dark, at about 9-10pm, you may see and walk at the Red district. It is so called the red district due to they sell “services” at night.  They were kept in this room with glass doors so everyone can see them, and if they’re interested, they’ll go inside, they close the curtains, and only them and god knows what they’re doing there.  Well, if you know what I mean.

And another thing, you can also visit this website for free walking tour in Amsterdam. http://www.newamsterdamtours.com/daily-tours/new-amsterdam.html.  

 They also offer many other tours in Amsterdam, such as Bike tours, red light district, and other tours. The free one was only the walking tour. It is good for screening places that you want to go.