Amsterdam : Nemo Museum

Nemo museum is truly a fun place to visit. An interactive museum where we can learn about many things. It is not only interesting for kids, but also for adults. It is open from tuesday to sunday from10.00 - 17.30.

It is located only 10 minutes walking from Amsterdam Centraal Station. From the centraal station, just turn left and we can directly spot the building, the unique shape green building, that looks like a ship.

Rotterdam, first day in 2016

First new day in 2016, we visited new place that can be reached from Den Haag at 30 minutes. Rotterdam. The largest port in Netherlands and also the second largest port in the world.

We arrived at Rotterdam Central Station. Very modern building. With its unique design, the building of Centraal Station can become one of the icons in Rotterdam. And it becomes our starting point to explore the city.

Delft

 06 December, 2015
 Delft, the pretty small town not far from The Hague, only 15 minutes by train and we are there. The main attraction in Delft is the Markt (main square). It can be reached on foot from Delft Train Station. We will pass some beautiful canals along the way to the Markt. And since it was near Christmas, we can see Delft was beautifully decorated with so  many lights.

Volendam and Edam

18 July 2015, Volendam and Edam 
Today, we visited some town near Amsterdam. From Amsterdam Central Station we took bus from bus terminal that located behind train station. We bought bus pass that allowed us to stop at some town. First, we stopped at Volendam.

Volendam is a fishing village, just around 20 kilometres from Amsterdam. It is a very touristic spot with a great view and lots of shops. Besides the the souvenir shops, there were also shops that provided costume for tourists to wear and take photo. Just walked around the area, we can see small canal with houses along the canal. 

Kinderdijk and Utrecht

17 July 2015, 

Today, we planned to visit Kinderdjik. We took train from Schiphol to Utrecht Centraal Station (around 30 minutes) then we continued by bus 90 (Rotterdam Zuidplein) goes to Alblasserdam. Bus 90 is the only one that stops at the entrance of the Kinderdijk. Kinderdjik is a small village where we can find 19 windmills which were built in the 1500s.

From the bus stop, we crossed the street and will find a souvenir shop with a street on the left side, just follow the street, it leads us to ticket booth. With the entrance fee Eur 7.5 (adult) and Eur 5.5 (child 4-12 years old), we can enter the site.