Fantastic 5 and the land of 'Holland'

Hullo everyone! Its been a whole hectic 4 days since we arrived. And only today I found some time to talk about our great trip.

On the first day, we took a 14 hours flight on British Air

ways to London, waited in transit for 2 hrs and flew to Ams

terdam in 1 1/2hrs. Thereafter was a 1 1/2hr ride on train to Eindhoven station. We had our first Dutch 

encounter in the train. They are generally very nice people who are very helpful. We have not met any Dutch who refused to guide us when we are lost our or answer our questi

ons about Eindhoven. Royston, Weiquan and I brazed the 

cold winds to bring our 46-kg luggages to our hostels by foot! (Warning: never attempt such a feat 

if you happen to come here next time. Just take a cab.)

 Well, we saved on 

the cab fee which potentially could cost 10 euros.

The next few days were spent trying to get all our luggages (es

pecially for liren who gets her room late) to our respec

tive hostels, exploring the city and its routes, finding food and supermarkets and getting ourselves legal in the c

ountry. Its crazy to not own a bike here, especially when Lir

en, Xinyi and us (the guys) stayed almost 3 km away from 

each other. Walking along the streets e

ven when clothed can be

 so cold that we can't wait to be back with our heate

rs. The sun is coming in and that didnt help either. So if you do come, get more warm clothes! It really helps! 

In the meantime, the main highlights of the stay here are:

1)   Meeting our hostel mates who come form all over 

the world. (Royston with clean and neat Italian Girl, Weiquan with resourceful Ah tiong, me with not so hygenic Indian, Xinyi with Slovakian, Liren with Romanian)

2)   Meeting fellow singaporeans!

3)   Getting lost in the city center

4)   Getting excited over finding Singaporean products in their multitude of supermarkets

5)   Trying to find bicycles that are cheap and not stolen

6)   Trying to know how their 3 way traffic works (bicycle lane, walking lane and roads)

7)   Liren getting lost while on her way home by herself (well women are from Mars)

8)   Watching PSV play live in a pub full of Dutch near the Philips Stadium

9)  The Saturday market at Woensle Market

10)   Blowing smoke out of our mouths without having a cigarette

11) Cooking together!

12) Cycling around the city

At Heathrow Airport!

We made it!!!

Wallpaper costs only 4.50 pounds in UK! Dats half the price if u get in Singapore!

At Amsterdam Airport!

He is a Chef!

posing in the cabin

trigger happy Aydan

Are you sure about not taking a cab?

Browsing through the Turkish menu, our first dinner in Eindhoven

More pictures to come in the next few posts! For now, Happy Chinese New Year to All! Have a very Happy Holiday!