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June 5th, 2007

Holland weekend get away

I had a great weekend!!! I went to Holland for a camping weekend with Ritchie and Grace with their chikiting, Lain and Andrew and mag-amang, Kuya Lando and Ira.

We drove later than planned last Friday and we arrived just short after the reception closes. Good thing, there are a lot of guests and they are still open. We had problems with the reservations though; the package that we had paid for wasn’t given to us. We were so upset because we are expecting to have a more comfortable camping site since we have kids but later on, we figured it that it was a blessing in disguise since we really enjoyed our stay there. Good thing, we still have enough sunlight and able to build our tents before dark.

The park is “Duinrell”, it is a camping, theme/amusement park, swimming poll resort all in one. There are bungalows and caravan places aside from the camp sites. And once you booked a reservation, the playground and rides are free. The swimming resort and amusement park has separate entrance tickets. We were given free access to the pools though, due to the trouble we had with the reservations.

After our Saturday breakfast, we went to the theme park para mag-enjoy ang mga kids. Siempre kasama na rin kami doon

at hindi rin lang sila ang sumakay.

Kahit pa takot ako sa heights.

Enjoy naman kaming lahat at halata naman sa akin.

Kahit pa hindi ako sanay sa mga rides, sige lang.

Before

During

After

At talaga namang sige sa pakuha ng picture kahit saan.

After lunch, tong its muna then I walked around and went up hill. I know that the place used to be under water and you can tell it by the shells scattered on the road. But still I was surprised to see fine sand on the hill. I went further and saw sand dunes on top of it. I went over or should I say under the fence to reach the highest sand dune and from where I stood, I just saw green. Amazing!

Then, we headed to the pool. Since gabi na ‘yun, We just stayed in the indoor pools which is, slides at wave pool ang attraction. Enjoy din naman. At kahit pa medyo takot dahil covered ang mga slides, sige pa rin at sumugod! It is damn great!!! ‘Yung isang slide as in sobrang dilim at may mga ilan lang na maliliit na transparent window kaya ang cool. Tapos, ‘yung isang slide naman may mga ilaw na para bang dico lights. Medyo confusing pa mga ‘yung mga arrows kasi it’s pointing on the other direction as you slide down. Hehehe. Grabe ‘yung “Blitz” slide kasi 20 seconds lang nasa end ka na. Sobrang bilis nga lang talaga at nakakalula. Wala ngang lumabas na boses nung sinubukan kong sumigaw eh. Tapos, nagulat ako kasi tapos na pala. Sayang! Wala na akong picture dito kasi nasa locker ang cam ko eh. Besides, baka makita ang baby fats and nips ko, naka-reserve na ‘yun eh! Hehehe.

Sunday morning, breakfast at Pancake house. It was so yummy, hindi ko na nakuhanan ng pic at kinain na agad. Capuccino na lang!

I must admit that I really like Netherlands so much. Kahit pa noong una pa lang akong napunta rito, napansin ko na ang pagiging warm ng paligid kahit na ng tao. Hindi pa mahirap makipag-communicate dahil linguists ang mga tao, friendly pa! Naglokohan nga kami na lumipat na lang dito. Sabi nga nila sa akin, bakit hindi ko subukang maghanap ng trabaho sa The Hague. Hmm...

After that, we went to Madurodam, Holland in miniature. The dutch boy who, according to stories, tried to save a city from the being submerged under water by sticking his finger in the dam’s hole.

Here you can see Holland’s famous, historical places and architecture in miniature .

After lunch, we went to Scheveningen port. At last after some years, nakakita na ulit ako ng dagat. Kaya naman naglakad ako sa beach, naglusong sa malamig na tubig ng North Atlantic Sea at nag-enjoy. Hindi ako makakasama sa beach kung sumama akong umuwi kina Kuya Lando at Ira that afternoon. Buti na lang at nag-paiwan ako. Medyo namula tuloy ang skin ko kahit paano dahil sa araw. Hehehe. Makabalik nga sa beach.