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Salam...

Ok, kite sambung entri kite pasal trip ke Europe nie..fuh2..harap leh abeskan segera....

12th May 2011...kite sambung journey kite dari entri lepas....so, lepas kami kecewa xdapat masuk Mini Europe di Brussels dan ketidaksempatan kami untuk carik chocolate di Brussels, kami pon teruskan perjalanan menuju ke negara Dutch/Dutch land iaitu Netherland atau dikenali sebagai Holland..perjalanan kali ni mengambil mase selama 2 jam setengah..dari Brussels, kami melalui outskirt Amsterdam City untuk ke tempat penginapan kami di Holland iaitu die Wassenar.

Macam kat Maisons Laffitte di Paris, kali ni pon kami dok di Eurocamp, di satu kawasan name die Duinrell di Wassenaar, Holland. Penginapan kitorg kali ni x jauh beza dgn eurocamp di Paris..cume yg ni..mobile home nye lebih besar dan cantik..kali ni ade 3 bilik, bigger living room with sofa and cabinet, kitchen area, and also bathroom..so, cukup la katil sorg satu...so, layan gambar sekitar mobile home ni yer..

pandangan luar our mobile home

the living room, master bedroom, 2nd bedroom and dining area

the kitchen, refrigerator (canggih ok, pintu die wood finish..ok, jakun!), toilet, and hall area

Kawasan Duinrell ni actually satu theme park di mane dalam theme park nie ade banyak rides, i.e roller coster..korang bleh tgk kat website yang i link kan tu la...kalau org kat area2 Wassenar dan dekat2 ngn die maybe sini la tempat diorg bergembira...macam Eurocamp kat Paris jugak, Eurocamp at Duinrell ni actually provide several types of accommodition other than mobile home..diorg ade jugak sediakan tapak untuk dirikan khemah..tapi khemah kat sini mmg le bagak2..macam umah dahh...i think it is because of their culture..mat salleh ni kan mmg suke g bercuti ala2 back to basic. Xyah tido2 otel..just bawak RV or khemah je, parking kat mane2 dan bantai tido...

tapak khemah dalam kawasan duinrell

So since kitorg dah duduk dalam kawasan Duinrell ni, we all got free passes to both its theme park and wet park..sempat gak kitorg enjoy the facalities here..nanti i cerita ok...

theme park and water park of duinrell, wassenaar

Kitorg sampai pon da dekat2 gelap dah (oh, kat sini kol 8 dan keatas baru gelap ok..so basically kitorg sampai malam la...), kitorg just unpacked and get some rest after we cooked and have our dinner. Masing2 penatkan...tido berkeruh la malam tuh...

13th May 2011...Bile dah siang ari ni..baru nampak dengan jelas kawasan Eurocamp nie..mmg cntik...pagi tu, i sempat jalan2 dalam kawasan theme park tu...Theme park bukak kol 9am..so, mase i jalan2 tu kurang org...org2 yang jage kawasan ni pon sangat ramah...ade one time tu, i wanted to do some ironing, which the service is only available kat laundry..unfortunately, the nearest laundry iron die rosak...so, this guy offer to give me a ride to another laundry station...pls note yg kawasan die sangat besau dan sgt letih ye klu nak berjalan seluruh kawasan...

So, aktiviti hari ni adelah melawat taman bunga...its not an ordinary park...it is actually ladang bunga tulip..ok, fyi, tempat ni mmg one of the oneplace that u must go if u're in Holland. Mesti pergi..especially when it's spring..Name tempat nie adelah Keukenhof; a tulip farm and park..but seriously, u haf to visit this website, u'll have better view of this place...yang pegi park ni cume i, mama and makcik je sbb along & family dah penah masuk tempat nie..plus, diorg nak pegi cari food supply dekat kawasan2 berdekatan...

Tempat nie saaaangaat penuh dengan bunge...Yes, me also not a big fan of flowers..but this place is something...its different. the park, the landscape, the many types of flowers; the view is breathtaking..its worth to pay as much as EUR15 to get close to these tulips...Sayang mase kitorg pegi the tulip farm just had their chopping/harvesting...so, xdapatla kitorg tgk tulip farm yang macam pelangi tuh...sbb dorg nak harvest tulips nie untuk di export...tinggal daunnye aje..tapi farm nye aje mmg besau..tu x masuk park nye...

at the entrance of Keukenhof

Di sebelah Tulips Farm nie ade canal..so, if there still tulips, we actually can hop on the boat dan kite akan dibawe menyusuri Canal nie iaitu sepanjang Tulips farm nie..but since xder bunge dah nak tgk, kitorg xde la nek boat tu...

Harvested Tulips farm ...klu die x harvest nie, akan nampak bunge cam pelangi..:(

courtesy of www.keukenhof.nl...pls note the farm yang berwarna-warni

Kawasan keukenhof nie sangat luas, dan terbahagi pade beberapa kawasan...dan terdapat beberapa building yang menempatkan exhibition2 dan setiap bangunan offers different type of exhibition. The place not only offers tulips, there are also other type of flower i.e lily...and theres a lot of type of lily ok..sampai pening tgk colour2 bunge2 nie..huhuuh...rase cam berada di istana bunga...

the exhibition of flowers

Selain dari tgk exhibition die, there are also other shows offers..Mase kitorg sampai kat taman bunge nie, ade satu show dari Bekas2 Kelasi Kapal Dutch..huhuhuh..diorg buat persembahan ala2 koir gitu..diorg cam ade alumni gitu..Diorg nyanyi pelbagai lagu dalam bahase diorg la..but its interesting..sbb sume diorg adelah kelasi kapal and they wear costume like one...Sgt menghiburkan...

Deutchman...

Since the park is gigantic, we can actually rent a bike and ride around the park. Tapi we all x le rent bike tu...sian plak mama n makcik nak ngayuh beskal..but jalan2 kat taman yang besau ni pon penat juge..but since kitorg jalan slow dan menikmati pemandangan dan amek2 gamba, x le terase penatnye sangat.....Nak jalan all around the park dan nak tgk betul2 show and exhibition ni pon may take more than half day...But u dun haf to worry..dalam park nie ade beberapa restaurant and kiosk which offers u food and gifts...

Selain dari bunga tulip dan bulb of flowers, another Holland's signature is Kasut terompahnyee...klu korg nak tauu..ini la rupe kasut terompah or they called as wooden clogs/shoes..how these wooden shoes become the icon of Holland may be found here..aku x pasti la sebenarnye kenape..tapi wooden shoes ni dibuat dari pelbagai bentuk, saiz dan fungsi...ade yg jadi key-chain la..fridge magnet la..ade yang function sbg kasut betul jugak..sesuai jugak dibeli sebagai gift...

the wooden shoes

note wooden shoes displayed in front of the gift shop

Jadi, mari kite layan gambo di sekitar Keukenhof nie yang sempat kami capture..ni menggunekan camera dslr along yang kitorg pinjam ye..huhuuhu....

And the landscape in the park is well preserved...

It is advisable untuk mengunjungi Keukenhof nie pada musim spring because the view is at the best within this period...in fact, they will close the park other than this time...so, just check the website when will the park open for public...plus, theres a flower parade on April, 21st 2012...

Before we headed home, we stopped by at Wassenar town but unfortunately most of the shops has been closed..kat sini dorg tutup awal..mostly shops kol 5 to 5.30pm da start closed down..malam diorg dok umah...xkuar umah..huhuhuh...so, lets see how wassenaar town look like..