AMSTERDAM LIFESTYLE

DAY 18

GOOD MORNING

Okay today would be our day exploring the city  with the bike. Ehehheeee… excited much. Pagi nie keluar awal lah jugak. By 9 ish we dah dekat anne frank. Okay baru kayuh sikit masing2 dah mengah and sakit peha ahhahaa.. especially naik bukit. Ehehhee.. nasib tak d lah naik mana sangat bukit dia. Just the bukit means crossing the bridge. But cepat ah sampai. Dalam few minutes je dah sampai kat anne franks. I think dalam 5 minutes. Tapi pape pown tak leh main kayuh je. Kena ikut arus kreta jugak. So nak pergi the opposite site kena lah lintas. Haaa nak crossing pown some ada traffic light. I mean to be safe cross kat traffic light. Okay. Ehehhee.. kat sni okay je tak pakai helmet. I mean no one does. May b sebab they have special lane for bike riders. So okay lah. Cuma try not to langgar other bikers. Ehhehee.. kalau agak kayuh slow stay lane kanan. So orang lane kiri boleh potong ahahhaaa…

Sampai2 je kat anne frank house. Weiii kagum, line tak panjang langsung. Alhamdulillah. Allah permudahkan ehhehee.. so beratur dalam few miuntes dah msuk. Day one lagi dah baca online apa anne frank nie? Nape famous sangat?

 Like I said before me masuk sebab The Fault in Our stars tu masuk ahahhaa…

Rupanya its about a kid name anne frank who writes a diary masa zaman war of what she felt when she and her family have to go hiding for two years sebab takut punya pasal. Masa tu zaman hitler. Kalau jews kena tangkap may be they will be killed. So on her 13 birthday her parents gave her a diary. And from that day onward she writes everything yg dia rasa or her thoughts of things.

It was a worth visit. Somehow she’s like a normal kid but ada part of her seems not like a 13 year old kid thoughts. Interesting. Dia memang dream to be a writer, so they have to hide in order not to be caught. Dia cite how her dad helper pown stay in the house. Nak dapat makan pown susah and they have to eat with what left. Basically they have to stay silent and tingkap pown tutup as if tak d orang kat rumah. She documented everythg. And no one actually reads it until they been caught and even any personal document abt that moment will be burned but they managed to hid it well. She got separated from her dad. And bila bapak dia balik ke Amsterdam to find her two girls, they were already dead. So bapak dia cari balik diary anak dia.

Masa dulu, she made her dad promise not to read it, but bila dah abes war, bapak dia baca and surprise how she never knew this side of anne before. What he quoted was “ to all parents, sometimes you wont know your child as much as you think you would”.  So her father tries to find a publisher to publish her daughter’s diary and now the diary is one of the most important document in  Amsterdam and famous. 70 books about the diary in various language was published.

For me ske this museum as I like to write down what I feel jugak. Ehehhe cuma now dah macam macam online diary pown ada. Ehehee. Or blog pown ada jugak like what im doin now. Ehehhee.. tak d lah harap jadi famous. Ahahhaa.. but hey you never know. Nowadays lots of blogger are well known including my dear friend YAN. Ehhehee…

Fav quote from anne would be “ You have to know the past to build the future – Otto Frank “

Beside family, survival, her life is also about friendship. How amazing one friendship can help you back then. So sweet bila they were sepearted by walls and when anne need food and all her friend nie boleh kumpul2 apa yg dia ada and campak to her through the wall. One time bila dia campak dia dengar anna nanges and she asked why, rupanya another lady dah tangkap and runaway with it. So kawan dia bawa lagi suppliers for her and that’s the last time she heard abt anne. What a true friends.

Bebel byk jgak lah kan pasal this. Eheheee.. next lepas anne frank we kayuh basikal g cari the best place to eat profiteroles. And tak jauh pown dari anne frank. Tempat dia macam tersorok tapi we managed to find. Hurm it is called THE PANCAKE BAKERY. Very cosy café. We sit and oh my… the menu looks so tempted sgt! Mcm2 nk order. But sebab dah set dalam otak nak makan kebab arie tu so order the most simple and tick bucket list makan profiteroles in AMSTERDAM. So I ordered normal porfiteroles with butter and sugar. Dapat lah 12 ketul for 5.25.euro and a hot chocs.

Lepas makan we cycle lagi, find our way to red light district tu. Which nak pergi mlm td too tired. Alaaa dah sampai nak tgk tempat je bukan nak tgk org plus siang bukan ada  apa sgt. Plus alang2 situ lah dekat dengan china town in Amsterdam and also you can hear bell from the oldest church in Amsterdam.

Lepas dah jalan and all, we start cycling around Amsterdam and find our way to the deppartmrkt where our aim for the fries and kebab sedap! Ahahahaa… hurm masa on the way nie lah satu kejadian yang tidak diduga berlaku.

CRIES!!!! Ada orang jatuh basikal like near the traffic light. Sape lagi kalau bukan miss clumsy nie. Uwaaaa weeiii tersungkur nasib tak luka teruk. And tangan sebelah pakai glove. So just sebelah tapak tangan je mcm terseret sikit tak luka or darah tapi pedih. But I know my lutut sure berdarah punya!  But tak kat nak selak kan? So dengan gagah bangun and macam strong kid buat2 okay padahal lutut pedih! One car with two hijabs lady buka tingkap and asked am I okay. Baik and terharu sangat. Baik ok. Kowt kalau parah dia nak offer naik kreta kowt. But I manage. See nie lah sebab2 amik insurance. Not for myself but for the bike ahahaa.. but Alhamdulillah everythg okay. Bangun and continue kayuh sampai ke market. Malu jugak lah but dah sakit tak pikir dah orang. Ahahhaa…

Tak jauh pown lagi nak sampai the market. Sampai2 terus g beli fries and seat at the kebab stall. Hari tu dah order kebab/wrap tup own gagah nak abeskan. Plus dah makan profiteroles pagi tadi so order alaa roti burger lamb called KL DONER LAMB. KL tu mcm stands for small, so it only dalam 4.5 euro. Haaaa tgk gambar kecik pown penuh. And yes habes sebab memang tak menghampakan langsung! Sedap giler! And yes we gonna miss this food in Amsterdam!uwaaa…

Jemput makan....

Memang 100% recommend to all, cari 2 kedai nie in deppartmarkt if you in Amsterdam for halal food.

Lepas makan we start kayuh. Haaa bakar lemak balik. Biasalah typical tourist kayuh sikit berhenti amik gambar ahahaha…  dah dalam 3 ish jugak lah nak dekat kul 4 so kitaorg decide to stop dekat central station sebab ingat nak top up data incase nak cari jalan balik. But tak d plak utk top up data sikit2 like 500MB ke cuma ada utk top up 1GB for 10euro. Mcm rugi sebab esok dah nak gerak so tak jadi. We park our bike at VAN GOGH CAFÉ. Aishah kata smalam terbaca review they had the best hot choc. So unplanned stop before gerak balik and return the bike sempat lah duduk last coffee in AMSTERDAM. I didn’t try the hot choc sebab pagi tadi dah minum hot choc. I miss my coffee. Ehehhee…

Then we gerak balik cycling to return the bike. Haaaa…. Time nie ada lah cuak kejap, sebab terpisah dengan aishah kat simpang. Tak lepas plak traffic light and aishah pown tak pandang blakang. Tapi nampak lah dia belok kanan kat traffic lilght so main belok jugak and tgk2 kelibat aishah dh tak nampak. Adeyh mana plak aishah nie.. dia belok ke tidok ke? Hurm tapi ingat tadi dia tak de cakap suruh belok lain. So assume she goes straight je. Otak dah pikir kalau tak jumpa jugak memang tanya orang je macam mana nak g anne frank house. Dari situ dah tau jalan. Tgk2 betul jalan yg pakai instinct. And nampak aishah pown benti kat depan tu. Ehehheee.. baru sedar kowt me tak d kat blakang. Kesian her bike, tayar blakang nearly flat so make it berat ah nak kayuh. Owh well… tu lah experience.

Lepas return bike we walk back and dekat area2 umah tu sempat duduk last brain our last night in Amsterdam. Then balik umah me start crying tgk video my nephew ABANG (AFIF AYDIN) my lil bf so emotional tak kasi baby girl dia g hospital ( his future lil sis) hehehee… alooo.. he cried aunty dia yg kememe pown nanges jugak okay! Ahahhaa.. so that’s all for our last night. Time to pack and sleep esok nak kena bangun awal to catch our train.

Expenses of the day: 

Bike rental : 16 euro 

Kl Doner Lamb & ice peach tea : 6.5 euro

profiteroles and hot chocs: 8.35 euro

Coffee at Van Gogh Cafe : cant remember how much i pay less than 5 euro for sure.

GOOD NIGHT MY LAST NIGHT IN AMSTERDAM