Holland trip- Day 2

On Day 2, we were left with a full five days to explore by ourselves because D was working on weekdays. Our starting point on the next day was Maastricht, one of the oldest cities in the Netherlands.

The Buffet Breakfast at the Hampshire hotel was good. I love the Croissant and milky yogurt.

Picture at the train station #^_^#

Cam-Whore on the train ^^

Welcome to Maastricht ^.^v

We immediately see beautiful flowers. And many old buildings along our way.

Views and Scenery of the beautiful Maastricht. All the pies looked good *yummyyyy*

Our first stop was a VVV, a tourist information office. It had everything from gifts and souveniers. To our surprise, they charged Euro 1.60 for a city center map. Ohwell, nothing comes free after all~

The ever ubiquitous “Golden Arches” with blend in old buildings design. I enjoyed watching the many street performers. One of the youngest team performance, i think. 

I love all of the old buildings. ( ^_^ ) All set up for the world- renowned violinist's Andre Rieu Maastricht 2013 Concert  (❁´◡`❁)*✲ﾟ*

Walking around town looking at the big churches ^^

Church Interior- dark and a little spooky, in my opinion. 

Best ice- cream in Maastricht ^^ 

They have about 20 flavours of ice-cream to choose from. But what is really impressive is their chocolate assortment.

My pick? Strawberry cheese and vanilla flavor. My all time favourite ^^

From the old buildings to the churches, we came across a serene park on our way to Basilica of Our Lady church.

Meet Marley (or similar name), the 60 year-old dog… We were taken aback when the owner told us that he’s 60 years old but knowing the fact that one dog year equals seven human years or more…It’s more believable~ According to the owner, he’s now deaf due to his age and it’s normal for dogs at his age to have hearing difficulties~

We hopped on a bus that took us around the outskirts of the city.

We were kind of hurried back on board for our next train because we were starving by the time around 5pm although we didn’t see enough of Maastricht. We missed the Maastricht caves and canal cruise. Ohwell, we will definitely coming back to visit this city if we were given a chance to visit the country again!

XOXO

sassycat

Holland trip- Day 1

I went to The Netherlands last weekend and it was such a pleasant surprise. It was a last minute decision and I’ve always wanted to follow D who has been there on a work trip. It marked my first ever trip to Dubai (transit via Dubai), as my first flight on a Boeing 777, also my first experience with Emirates Airline. 

The food was nice Xxxx I ordered pan-fried chicken with mashed potatoes ^^

After almost 13 hours flight, I met up with D and my mum-in-law at the Eindhoven train station. I took a train from Schiphol to Eindhoven and the train ticket costs EUR19 *faintsss* Before that, a random picture of me in the train #^.^#

We arrived at the hotel which is 10mins walking distance from the train station. Once i unpacked my luggage, we were starving and start hunting for food!!

It was already about 7pm but the sky was still so bright!!

Asian food maybe?

Nah~ In the end, we settled for a Spanish restaurant, Sizzling. One of the specialties here is the presentation of the food on hot iron plates so our dishes were served ‘sizzling’. The servings were so big, I could only eat half.

Since we were so full, we decided to walk around Eindhoven before calling it a day. We were lucky because the weather was great when we were there (18-20 degrees), so it's cool even though it’s summer.

More photos and entries to come! ∩__∩y

XOXO

sassycat