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...

Day 4 - 13 July 2019 Technically, I have only half a day as my flight will be in the afternoon. I had breakfast, back at the "四海豆浆大王". I had 豆浆，油条 and 荷包蛋. Simple affair but it was great enough to start my morning. To get my coffee fix, I went to the 2nd floor of the hotel to have a cup of latte. Ok, I am even more ready now. I took a cab to Taipei 101 and headed to the Taipei 101 Observatory's entrance area which is on the 5th ...

Day 3 - 12 July 2019 My breakfast was sandwich and tea (takeaway) which only cost NTD 40. I enjoyed it at the comfort of the relaxed area at CityInn’s 2nd floor. At about 855am, I got ready to meet the guy outside the hotel who was to bring me around for today’s tour. To my surprise, it was a taxi. In my logical expectation, I thought it would have been a bus or a coach or even a private car. Little did I expected that it was a taxi driver who would be...

Day 2 - 11 Jul 2019 The first meal of the day was at this authentic-looking eatery called 四海豆浆大王. I ordered 油条 (youtiao), 豆浆 (soy milk) and egg omelette. There is something special about eating here - it was the sharing of experience in the morning life of a typical Taiwanese. After breakfast, I went back to the hotel to have a cup of latte. It felt good that the morning was slow without the need to “get onto work stuff”. I guess tha...