The good thing about living with a Dutch person is we both have the same good taste in Indonesian food. The Dutch invaded Indonesia for 3.5 centuries. The Dutch love Indonesian food more than their own. My flatmate took me to a really authentic Indonesian restaurant while I visited his home town Den Haag at [...]

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Leiden is a quaint student town with canals and old buildings. Leiden is the birthplace of the famous Dutch artist Rembrandt and the home of Netherlands oldest university. Here, I stopped and feasted on dutch pancake. They taste better here :)! I visited the Citadel of Leiden built in 1950 to fight against the Rhine.

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I went to visit my flatmate’s hometown at Den Haag.  It is officially known to be the home of goverment administrations thus explain the many regal government buildings, mansions, boulevards and embassies.
I did not get to visit Madurodam which is a miniaturised Netherlands with miniature versions of Schiphol airport, Amsterdam city, windmills, tulips, Rotterdam harbour, [...]

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Rotterdam is Europe’s largest port. The whole city was destroyed during Word War 2 but it was completely rebuilt with interesting innovative modern buildings. What a better way to explore the city than by joining the boat cruise. For bridge lovers, there are many interesting bridges at Rotterdam which you can see on some of [...]

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Amsterdam by the day is a stark contrast to Amsterdam at night. The best way to explore the city is either by hiring a bike which is handy since Holland is very flat or  by joining a canal cruise. I chose to do the later.
The cruise allows you to hop on and off to major [...]

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Ok so we all know that Holland/Netherlands is all about dutch beer, marijuanas/mushrooms, Amsterdam, red light district, wooden clogs, and windmills. Windmills you’re asking? Yup! Instead of driving to Kinderdijk, I caught a train to Rotterdam Central Station then took a boat cruise there. This way I get to experience The European largest port Rotterdam [...]

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Before you read on further, there will be LOTS of FLOWERS! particularly TULIPS in this post, so if you’re not a flower person, he’s your chance to go now.
Tulips are my favourite flowers and what a better way to see them than in Holland/The Netherlands. I was very lucky to be able to visit Keukenhof [...]

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I had a quick business day trip to Milan, Italy and managed to walk around the town for 1 hour. Milan is like any other major big cities in the world with a population around 1.27 millions. It is a great city to shop. It is home to major fashion design such as Prada. Milan [...]

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Passing through highways and quaint English villages, It took me almost 2 hours to drive from central London to visit Stonehenge in England. Stonehenge is a rock formations circle which was believed to have been assembled 5000 years ago. No one knows exactly what these rock formations were used for. Most people think it is [...]

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I walked past my favourite bakery at QV Building in Melbourne (Corner Lonsdale St and Swanston St). The bakery name is Breadtop. I decided to buy a couple of buns for lunch and came across a Bamboo Charcoal Roll. The roll is black like the colour of charcoal. I was intrigued and decided to give [...]

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