Day 7 - 17 Dec 2019 Today, I felt better. At least, I didn’t feel as weak as yesterday. Today, we made a day trip to Bruges, a pretty city of Belgium. The train tickets cost around Euro 28 per adult. The kids got to ride free. Very expensive I felt. Bruges is beautiful. The cobblestoned streets, the medieval buildings and lovely canals at almost every turn were simply charming. At almost every canals, tourists and even locals could be seen taking pictu...

Day 6 - 16 December 2019 Today was literally “do nothing” day. It worked for me because I was unwell. Finally, I succumbed to the cold and windy weather. In the morning, the kids just played at the playground and kicked soccer at the nearby open field. In the afternoon, we had ramen for lunch. After lunch, we just whiled our time away at the Premier Suites hotel lobby. I took a short nap. At about 315pm, we set off to the train station and took t...

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...