Sunday, October 13, 2013

Holland trip- Day 4

On the next day, we opted to tour around Rotterdam, the second largest city in the Netherlands. Upon stepping out of Central Station, we immediately noticed the difference as there is no cutesy flowers or windmills but shining silver skyscrapers and harbours around us. The city is much modern compared to Eindhoven.

As soon as we arrived at the Centraal Station, we followed the signs to the VVV, inside the main station. The station is huge compared to other stations we’ve been to. However, it does not sell 1-day tour city tickets and we were directed to the tram station (across the way) where we need to join the traditional queue to purchase our tickets instead.


While we're waiting for our tram to arrive ^^ 


Spotted a cute girl who hid away from my camera lense #^.^#


Our traditional hop on and off tram finally arrived ∩__∩y


We got ourselves a 1-day ticket, for 7-Euros ^^


The impressive architecture which is unique in its own way @_@


We stopped at one of the location to explore the place. To our delight, we spotted a rare chocolate shop hidden in the street. As soon as we entered the Chocoholic store, we were seduced by the amazing scent of chocolate, and greeted by a warm smile. 

The shop although slightly hidden in the city, offers everything that a chocolate lover will want. There were a variety of chocolates namely chocolate truffles, bonbons, chocolate boxes, chocolate sprinkles and their very own homemade cocoa mix. And you could see how they were making their chocolates! The almond chocolate caramel is my favourite! We noticed that their chocolate milk is creamier and thicker compared to the ones we bought in Belgium. 


Next, we moved up to look for our lunch. As we wanted to try some Asian cuisine to warm up our stomach, we were so excited when we stumbled upon a Hong Kong restaurant (*><*)′


Missed the heart- warming wantons and Yong Chow fried rice {{{(>_<)}}}


We continued our breezy 45 minute train ride around Rotterdam Centraal (a wonderful iron lift bridge view) ^^



We somehow still managed to spot a windmill =.=


The magnificent Port of Rotterdam ^^ Apparently, it is the largest port in Europe. We didn’t take a ride on the boat as it was too late and we were tired…


After wandering the city for awhile, we hopped on to the tram again to return to our station.


Upon return to our hotel, we strolled around for dinner and we saw this place that smelled like yummy freshly baked stuff, with long lines. The place is called Pak Doner, selling delicious Kebab. We ordered the Middle East-style breaded chicken breast and salad wrapped with pita bread for us to share. It was as good as it looks!


I ordered hot chocolate to cap off the meal and it came complete with some snacks including kroketten and frikandellen ^^ Frikandel is a Dutch snack, a sort of minced-meat hot dog while kroketten is mashed potato filled with meat filling. Hope they are selling it here one day!



That’s all for the day before we head off to Belgium the next day ^^v

XOXO 
sassycat