Jun 5, 2007

Off to Schipol... bye bye Amsterdam

Berakhir sudah journey di Nederlands... it was short but wonderful! We managed to squeeze in a lot of things.

Naik tram to get to Station Centraal

Then train to airport... bye-bye Amsterdam

Wanted to make sure that we're not late for our flight, we left for Schipol quite early. Our bags were already there... disimpan kat baggage storage yang sangat canggih kat airport tu. They're coin operated... you can pick the size that you want. Fortunately for us, muat sumbat both our bags into one locker.

We arrived at the airport quite early. Went to check in and then jalan2 keliling to kill time. What we really need is a shower tapi sangat mahal... 40euros per person. Takpelah...


This airport is well connected to the whole of Nederlands and perhaps the rest of Europe. The train station underground is clean, efficient... very good!



For dinner we had something that I've began to like... fries with mayo. I know... I know... it's artery clogging and so bad for you. But they're really quite good! The mayo is different from the ones we find here, and the fries are just perfectly fried. Yumm!!

Fries with mayo... it's delicious I tell you!

Tengok kita makan slow sangat, a pakcik came to Skinner and told her "eat up" with a smile :)


Lepas makan, we went in search for a place to perform solat. Dalam peta airport kata ada prayer/meditation room. We weren't expecting much lah... thought that it most likely would just be a room in some ceruk.

It was in a ceruk, but it was no cikai room. It was well designed and equipped... large and bright. Siap ada sejadah and Quran lagi... dengan selipar untuk pergi berwudhu. I'm very impressed!! This is the best surau I've ever encountered... better than the ones in Changi.

We had taken our wudhu in a disabled toilet sebab dalam tu ada sink. Senang nak buka tudung, kasut etc. When we were performing our solat, ada a few others yang datang solat too. They're Dutch people. As usual bila jumpa saudara seagama, senyuman tu automatic... it felt so good :)


Kemas, cantik, bersih...



Saw these cows on the way to our departure gate. Since we're flying no-frills, the gate was quite far... very far actually. Took us a good 20 minutes to get to the gate. Dah takut dah kalau lambat sampai... nasib baik sempat!


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