Welcome Back to Australia (Sequel to UK exchange 2009): March 2009

Monday, March 30, 2009

Bro and Sis Trip (Part 4) - Amsterdam to Brussels and back...

Left Amsterdam early in the morning...not before we got into some trouble in the morning trying to get on the Metro.(We went on illegally afterwards..everyone did!!)..felt half asleep on the bus until we got to a service station where I got my daily drug..COFFEE!!felt great after tat...

Eurolines!!!

We arrived in Brussels round noon..at Noord (North) Station. The outskirts of Brussels really felt like an industrial town, big square buildings...wonder why they don't make it any other shape...the buildings really reminded me of the days I was playing sim city on computer..

Arriving in Brussels.!!

Sheryl all ready to go!!

We got to Beurs (means money)..and set out finding our way to the main square...
and of course some cam whoring along the way....

see wat I mean??

finally got to the main square...and its majestic!!!

Some snapshots of the square (the photos don't really do the place justice)..

We managed to get a map (for free!! unlike amsterdam)..and got our day tour around Brussels started...

one of the many statues around Brussels

the house with a brain??!...technology these days...

The Old Palace

Garden opposite the Palace..

Mini "York minister"...see the resemblance??

Brussels Centraal...got a daily ticket here..pretty proud of ourselves!!

The Atomium!!!

Erm something Gate?? Can't remember..

Brussels during sunset..

little man pee...(he really isnt tat big!!)

Goodbye Brussels...

Amsterdam and Brussels are definitely two totally different cities. Amsterdam running with canals and small streets whereas Brussels have massive big roads and buildings...more so...Amsterdam's more of the experience and Brussels more on the sight-seeing...never know when we'll be back again..was joking with Shell that the next time we're there it'll be after we retire...might be True!!

Again had to camp at Brussels (Charleroi) Airport, at least there was other people this time round..and of course Sheryl..so not that bad..but as per usual I couldn't sleep and ran out of things to amuse myself with..

Finally..I did manage to get my boarding pass:

Back to Manchester with ryan airs 737-800

An awesome trip!! the first Bro and Sis trip!!!I'm sure thers many to come..unless Shell finds someone else and flies off with him instead..kakaka...just kidding...

had a great time wif u sis...can't wait for Europe!!!

The End

Friday, March 27, 2009

Bro and Sis Trip (Part 3) - From Anne Frank House to Krukenhof..

yeah woke up the next day more refreshed...at least I had a bed to sleep on this time around...and the early morning hot breakfast was a blast!!!...

then we set of to Anne Frank House.. For those who don't know Anne Frank, her family stayed in hiding during WW2 behind their actual house!!The extensions were cleverly sealed off but real pity they got caught and most of them died in concentration camps, Otto Frank, Anne Franks dad, survived the war and hence we hav the legacy of Anne Frank through her diary!!

Starting off the day wif a "yiwei" shot!!

The houses around the canal in Amsterdam

Anne Frank Huis - (house)

We went off to Keukenhof afterwards, the most photographed place in the world!! (as if they'll know do they hav flash sensors??)....compared to Anne Frank house, it really felt like freedom. Anne Frank house really had the sense of confinement, hiding, secrecy, but Keukenhof, really feel and breath the fresh air, and everything is out in the open and beautiful...ya nice 2 experience both extremes of human emotions...

BUT of course we didnt go 2 Krukenhof to write songs or poems, we of course went 2.....Camwhore!!!!