Day 3 & last day in Amsterdam & back to Bremen Germany.Wednesday25March'09

The last day was merely to buy a few souvenirs at the souvenir shops that were aplenty around Damrak. *One of the tourist brochures had described Amsterdam as 'Naughty Amsterdam', YES it is! :-)

Amsterdam,kota yg nakal! Ganja dibenarkan *boleh kena 'stone' bila2 masa* dan pelacuran dihalalkan oleh pihak berkuasa tempatan! Barang2 cenderahati di 'Red Light District' & kebanyakan kedai2 cenderahati yg lain berbentuk alat sulit/kelamin lelaki dan wanita! Hahahaha, pulak tu besar2 pulak saiznya! Kalau bawak anak2 malunyer...hehehehe

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*Morning at the hotel.

Checking emails, blog & facebook. Needless to say I chose Frisco b'cos of its free wifi & location. :-)

Ada Wifi percuma. Boleh check emel,update blog & Facebook.

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*Leaving the baggage at the hotel counter & out to the Damrak area to do last minute souvenir shopping.

However, I had a very ugly situation where at one of the souvenir shop somewhere near the Dam Square, the two salesperson ( a yound lady and a young man) were very rude to me. The way they responded to my queries about the sizes of t.shirts was very rude indeed! From the way they speak English, I knew they were not Dutch but foreigners! It was a bad experience, indeed. Because of her bad attitude, I decided not to buy any merchandise from that shop. From my other experiences, the locals (here Dutch) were more polite. It's a fact! I sincerely hope someone will say straight in their faces to have some manners when talking to tourist and elders!

Anyway, nice people at the other souvenirs shops were polite and they made our day more cheerful :-)

Ada satu kedai nama belakang Dam Square /Dataran Dam, kasar bukan main 2 org pekedai dia, sorang pompuan & satu budak muda.Bukan org Belanda tapi pendatang. Abg tanya pasal saiz baju t 2,3 kali yg pompuan tu melenting & menjawab dgn kasar. Korang Abg cakap,kalau pekedai jual mahal atau berkasar dgn kita,tak usah beli barangan dia, banyak lagi kedai lain...ajar dia sikit mcm kita heran kedai dia!*geram,hehehehe*

The condom shop was still close at 10 something in the morning.Last night it was so nicely lit up & decorated with beautiful lights & all.

Kedai jual kondom ni bisnes sampai lewat malam malam tadi kot?:-)

During the day this 'Red Light District' street or backlane are just like any normal street/backlane but come night time, it has a different environment...more lively :-p

Waktu siang jalan atau lorong2 di kawasan 'Red Light District' ni seperti jalan/lorong biasa tetapi bila malam,....ramainya manusia ya amat...dan suasana pun berbeza macam kat bawah ni...

This is how this street/backlane looks like during the night.Yes,it's the same street. It's just behind the hotel where I was staying. Different isn't it? :-p

Camni waktu malam jalan/lorong ni.Hehehe, belakang hotel yg Abg duduk beberapa minit saja :-) Lainkan? :-P

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Met 3 Malaysian families. The 2 male members; Mr.S*****, Dr.A*****, BL & KA.

Keluarga Malaysia yg ditemui sedang membeli-belah di kawasan Damrak.

Sdr.S*****, Dr.Asy***, Abg & KakAz.

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*Leaving Frisco Inn.

With young, friendly & handsome Matt****, the owner. *Grow some hair will you Matt :-p

Pemilik hotel Matt***** yg muda & peramah.

Leaving Frisco Inn.

I gave a good review of Frisco in the booking.com review website because I have booked the hotel thru their website*.

*Matt, see as promised I had given a good review of your hotel :-)

*Matt, I know most of the hotels in that area have steep staircases because of the site constraint, so I've taken the climbing up & going down the steep staircases as a challenge :-)

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*The journey by train from Amsterdam back to Bremen was as follows:

Amsterdam Central Station - Hilversum-Amersfoot-Apeldoorn-Deventer-Almelo-Hangelo (last station in Netherland) -Rheine (Germany)-Osnabruck-Diepholz-Bassum-Syke-Bremen Hbf.

At Amsterdam Centraal Station, Beckham's Emporio underwear billboard.You can't find this back in Malaysia :-)

Iklan seluar kecik Pak Cik Daud/David .Kat Malaysia dah ade ker?...

At Hilversum hauptbahnhof in Netherland waiting for train to Bremerhaven via Bremen.

Osnabruck hauptbahnhof.2010hrs

In train heading for Bremen from Osnabruck.
The train was nearly empty as most people were getting off at Hangelo, the last train station in Netherland.

Ahhh...now I can put my feet to rest!

Thank God, reached Bremen hauptbahnhof at 2150hrs. according to schedule *Germany trains are very punctual* and the apartment at 2023hrs.

Phew! What a day!

Auf Wiedersehen!