Yesterday, I was miserable without my Internet connection. It finally returned this morning but it’s still unstable. I am not late in paying my bill, which leaves me with only one conclusion - Streamyx is acting up again!
No internet connection saw me spending the night catching up on the Bold & Beautiful, dreaming of travelling to Spain and staying in gorgeous apartments in Seville while editing my photos from Amsterdam. I would love to travel to Seville, Spain but with year-end bills to pay and preparations for Hari Raya due soon, our vacation savings will have to take a backseat to these priorities for now.
If time and money permit; Spain is definitely one country I plan to visit. Anyone been to Spain before? Besides the affordable and cosy Seville apartments offering you full kitchen facilities, security and comfort, there are plenty of tourist activities and sightseeing to do in beautiful Spain. Plus, the thought of enjoying delicious Spanish food in a beautiful new country leaves me smiling even in my sleep!
Anyway, I am still trying in vain to finish my European Escapade so this week, I am taking you back to my Amsterdam days, well Day 2 to be specific.
Hello from Amazing Amsterdam!
Our hotel in Amsterdam was minutes away from the huge shopping complex Magna Plaza so we dropped by there first. After all the shopping we did in London, Manchester and Liverpool, there really was no more room for massive shopping in Amsterdam. Plus, we were there to relax and simply soak up some good fun, laughs whilst making wonderful memories of the last part of our European Escapade.
Magna Plaza
Ready to explore!
B in Amsterdam
Window shopping in Magna Plaza
There were plenty of boutiques, gift stores and eating places inside the building and once again Amsterdam displayed perfect hospitality when yet another stranger offered to snap a photo of us when he spotted me and B taking turns to snap pictures of each other. Thank you Amsterdam, your friendliness draws me to return to you one fine day so wait for me! 
Thank you for this picture kind stranger!
Dam Square
After visiting Magna Plaza, B and I headed to Dam Square. We felt right at home and happily enjoyed our morning coffee al fresco in one of the many cafes there, with the rest of Amsterdam. By the way, the weather was simply gorgeous and though I started out wearing a cardigan, it ended on a cooler note without! 
Coffee al fresco
B having breakfast
Mariuca ♥ B
Juice for B
Chocolate Muffin
Caramel Iced Coffee for me
I ♥ Coffee!
Walk of Life
Horse carriage ride in Dam Square
Scary Witch ... Not!
We didn’t visit Madame Tussauds museum seeing that we’ve already experienced the one in London but pictures were necessary. I love how everything seemed brighter, happier and lovelier all around in Amsterdam and I remember telling B that this would be a wonderful city to retire in one day.
Madame Tussauds, Amsterdam
Boo!
B and I took a tram to the city to visit the Hard Rock Café and Holland Casino. I had a wonderful time shopping in the souvenir shops here and if not for my already full suitcases, I would have bought everything in sight!
Tram Tickets
Me and My Bike
Canal Cruising in Amsterdam
Holland Casino
Dining al fresco
One of the things I enjoyed was watching the locals play a friendly game of chess on this giant chess board. Isn't it cute and can you spot me in the picture?
Where is Mariuca?
Here I am!
And a pretty Pinktober bracelet for me!
Pretty Tulips
Original Amsterdam Art
Let's go to Amsterdam!
Waiting for the tram
We took the tram back to Dam Square and wandered around the market. There was just so much to see and before we knew it, we were lost! And hungry so the only thing we had in mind was FOOD! 
Cheese Stall
I ♥ Cheese
Are we lost?
We walked around the city for another hour before finally ending up in a quiet part of the square with several restaurants in view. Are you wondering which restaurant did we choose to have our first lunch in Amsterdam? Wait for my next post to find out! Until then, thanks so much for following my European Escapade and I hope you enjoyed this one too! 
Giant Clog in front of a souvenir store
See you next EE post!
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FOONG
MONICA
LADY JAVA
44 comments:
Finally! Your Amsterdam post is out! Haha! :)
Am I first? Wow!!! I am FIRST! Hooray!! :-D :-D :-D
OK lemme read ....
The Magna Plaza looks nice eh? Wow! Got stranger so kind offer to take photos of you both? So nice! I doubt I will even bother to do that if I see a couple take photos of each other LOL!!
Anyway most of the time, it's them asking me if I can take photos of them instead of the other way round! Why they like to ask me ah? Is it because they see me carrying a camera so assume I sure can take good photos? Wrong assumption! LOL!! :-D
Wow! I think I will definitely love the nice pleasant weather in Amsterdam! Sipping coffee at the outdoor cafe in the fine weather is so heavenly yes? Love it!!!
Wah! Wah! Want to retire in Amsterdam it seems! OKB confirmed! :-D
Eh that witch really looks ugly lah! Scary even! Haha!!
How come the ugly witch seems to cuddle slower to B? Or B cuddled closer to her? Yikes!! :-D
Oops! I mean cuddle CLOSER haha!! Eh this ECHO commenting system cannot edit one? Then ID more advanced cos can edit!! Haha!!!
Ooh! I like that giant chess board! Why were you hiding behind that post? Woohoo! Come out!! LOL!!!
I can see Amsterdam is a very nice, relaxing place - great for stress free vacation! And love that yellow clog! You didnt bring that clog home with you? Haha!!! :-D
Make sure the next EE installment is next week!!! Haha, just a friendly reminder ;) ;) ;)
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yay u finally got ur internet connection! :) :)
wow looks like it's an awesome city, and the people are so friendly eh!? love it!! 8-) 8-)
i love ur bracelet sweetie!! :* :* :* :*
and the giant clog too hahhaha so cute :-P :-P
nice pics sweetie and i enjoyed all ur EE posts too!i wanna go to Amsterdam la hehehe! O:-) O:-)
lol ralph said wanna see those pics..ok see yah in twitterland later! :* :* :*
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Amsterdam oh Amsterdam.. i love you too... bila lah nak pegi ni
Foong FC1! :* :*
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Thanks for the EE chop peeps, TGIF! :-D :-D
Loving all the pictures dearie... so did you get yourself the photoframe to put all this nice pictures??
You still watching Bold and the beautiful? Hahahaha! In fact I'm amazed that show is still around ... hahahaha lagi!
the architecture are truly amazing...
wow love the chocolate muffin marzie and oh i wonder how does a caramel iced coffee tastes like?
I remember the Madame Taussauds post... that was fun
LOL @ where is mariuca pic hahaha.. hey are the tulips for real??? or they're just plastic?
wow overflowing cheese... yum yum
thanks for sharing Marzie
Wow that looks so exciting mi amiga. All my traveling has been mostly in the USA except when i went to P I and China. I would love to go to Spain and habla espanol there LOL. :-P
I agree with you on coffee. Got to have it every day ;)
I would hate to see the person whos shoe that is LMAO :-P
Hehe love the giant clog! :-P
And yeay! Finally the Amsterdam post is up! Anyways sweetie, I oso want to go Amsterdam one day.. But first, Paris!! :-D
Hola Marzie! :)
I'm at WOAFS using FF today instead of chrome so I can finally leave a comment! :) Great to see you're still working on your European Escapade! hahaha I love looking at pics of people's travels and yours is no different. Amsterdam looks really gorgeous! I'd love to buy a bouquet of tulips but I wouldn't know what to do with it. Kalau boleh bawak balik, tak pe lah jugak kan..
Love the clog shoe too! hahaha and thanks again for the clog magnet too! :) I love just going through all your gorgeous photos and feel like I'm taking a trip there too. Hahaha hopefully one day, for real will be able to travel Europe! :)
p/s: Lovesssssss your pinktober bracelet!! I also want!!
wah, the buildings are so nice! i would love to take pic beside the witch! best la...one day i want to go to amsterdam too! :*
wow, i love Amsterdam too and your photos bring back wonderful flashbacks of my trip many many years ago.
i like the giant chess board. it reminds me of the one i saw in Salzburg too. it was fun to watch them play isn't it?
thanks for sharing your memories and photos. i enjoy tagging along withyou.
hope you have a wonderful Ramadan sweetie. did you make any cookies?
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