Amsterdam back to Paris

We (andrea and i) are now back in Paris. Waiting to go on to Milan, Italy. Btw, we're leaving tomorrow evening. So yea. This is just to wrap things up. It has been a good 4-5 days. =)

Andrea euphoria..

The train ride back to Paris from Amsterdam where the family left us. We were given 1st class! So there was free flow of food and drinks. Yoghurt, biscuits, chips, wine, fruits and free wi-fi..

Ah! The first night we arrived, we had another warm welcome back to St. Germaine. Yum!

Julien sprinkling some parsely on the lamb stew.. Very yummy..

Oh yea.. So, sundays are when most shops are closed around the city.. So Uncle Christian and Aunt Mey Kien brought us to the Chateau de Versailles, the castle of Versailles.

A lot of history here.. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789. - Wiki..

The famous Hall of Mirrors...
If you did history in secondary school, you'll know this place.

In the gardens.. Vast!

stones, pebbles got into her sneakers.

Time to go home to another sumptuous dinner! yay!!

So yea! The usual morning walks to the RER (MRT station). One of the days, we got followed by there terrier..

Andrea looking all posh at Galeries Lafayette.

Andrea looking all Jap at La Defense..

Our last dinner at St. Germaine..

Icing the raspberry cheesecake that aunt Mey Kien baked.

Julien watching..

Last sweets.. Sobbz.

Bye Uncle Christian! zzZ..


MILAN!! Here we come!!!

Amsterdam, Holland

Guest blogger: Andrea
and a bit of me.


Welcome to Amsterdam! The place of many drugs and prostitutes.
Yes, that's what we were educated about Amsterdam before we got there.

walla! aunty siew kien decided to accompany us for the first day there.
because there was good dim sum

The rolls royce of all cheeses. Old Amsterdam cheese! YUMMY!
Of course, this was a cheese stall so they had 101 cheese-s.

As you can see from Nick's expression,

He loves cheese but the smell... *&^%$#$

Grocery shopping in Amsterdam, we have to stock up food for our little apartment near the Singel river. And yes, we had too much food supplies we needed boxes to bring them back.

The MEN are the strongest.

We sat on the river cruise that went 1metre per minute and spoke in 4 different languages. English was the last language.. how nice.

Yeh, we're on our way to the coolest library in the whole wide world ever.
And finding NEMO (a much better science centre in Amsterdam)
and apparently the architecturer(Renzo Piano) for NEMO was same as Pompidou Museum.


NEMO (New Metropolis) Museum. This is Nick's favourite place this holiday.

Whoo Whee!



A walk to Van Gogh museum. Starry staryy night.

I amsterdam!

Amsterdam - 15 - 18 Apr

A lack of internet in the apartment in Amsterdam has caused me to blog after the entire stay there.

This is 1 of the many many canals they have in Amsterdam city, the capital of the Netherlands. It is like a web.

Day 14 - Breda town

Finally, today after 4 days in living in Ulvenhout, just outside of Breda town, we're going TO Breda. hahaha..

Large cold green fluffy grass patches. Fit for lying down.

We popped by a Museum, as you can see. Thing is, you'll rarely come across a museum devoted solely to graphic design. As usual, the museum shop sells cool stuff, and as usual, i didnt get anything =(

Bicycle land!

Downtown Breda.

Bagels & Beans.

Hey boys and girls, it's me Nick. Ernest's big brother and guest blogger for tonight. Ern's off playing Guitar Hero. (He is no hero at the game. he is zero.)

Nice cafe along some street in Breda. Waiting for the rest to come so we can makan @ Mark's restaurant. (long awaited dinner, this one)

Breda's streets o' gold.

'is nice, i like'

Dickens&Jones! this is where cousin Mark Sax works. He's been here for 9 years and was a guest at his work place tonight.

Europe's tradition of bread and butter before starters are served. The butter with herbs is super. It gives us the supernatural ability to eat more bread. I could really get used to this Euro-culture.

'is nice, i like'

A remake of a 1996 ( i think) shot in Thomson Grove, Singapore. Where ern & mike hang on to Paul's arms for their dear lives.. have no idea why. (Julien and Claire are supposed to be in this pic too.) We were all by the pool ...and half naked. (not claire i think)

How things have changed. We all have grown up with shirts on our backs and a church in the background.

Ern and Benjamin.

A famous Dutch musician once sang: 'Dutch bikes, the only way to travel in Flat Holland.'

I have made an observation here during my week's stay: Having the rustiest of bike lights, heaviest of frames and of course- the chunkiest of bike locks are one of Holland's cool trends to be hip. Ern thinks he's so hip right now. Ben patronizes tourists from SE Asia.

'is nice, he like'