Day 5 - 15 December 2019 Today was slow and easy. We had no itinerary planned out. Morning breakfast was a simple affair of bread with Nutella. We took our time to eat our breakfast as we were totally in an unhurried mode. We took a tram and arrived at the Cube Houses. It was designed by a Dutch architect by the name of Piet Blom. The geometry of its design was impressive; yet, it wasn’t just only aesthetically beautiful, it was practical and functional...

Day 4 - 14 December 2019 We had our breakfast at the IBIS hotel. It had a piano there and it was wonderful to be able to play some tunes on it. What a way to start the day. The guide, Peter, came at about 915am and we set off, first for the Python bridge. As the name suggests, the bridge is python-like shape. As it suddenly poured, we didn’t manage to walk on the bridge. We merely took some pictures and left for our next destination. Which was Hague, th...

Day 3 - 13 December 2019 Today is flora and fauna day. In the morning, we visited Hortus Botanicus, which was first founded by the Amsterdam city council in 1638. As it was drizzling, there wasn’t many people and it was easy to navigate our way around the botanical garden. Most trees were “botak” during winter, otherwise the garden would have been gorgeous. We were done at about late morning and proceeded to our next destination - ARTIS (ARTIS Amsterda...

Day 2 - 12 December 2019 We started the day with breakfast at the IBIS hotel. It was surprisingly quite good and we had our fill before we began the day. After breakfast, we took the tram to our first destination of the day - Van Gogh Museum. It was interesting to read about his life as an artist, who never got famous until after his death. Among many of his works - the Sunflowers, the Bedroom, the self-portrait with bandaged ears, the Irises - stood out as ...

Day 1 - 11 December 2019 Number of members: Ten. Consisting of Loh’s family, my mum-in-law and our family. We met our guide - Peter - at the Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam Airport) at about 8am plus. Having loaded our luggages, his driver drove us to Giethoorn - a beautiful and quaint town. Due to the winter month, there wasn’t many people. In fact, we were the first group to do the cruise along the canals. The guide was telling us that on good days (in sp...