Chile

12 August 2016, Amsterdam to Santiago, Chile

We took evening flight from Amsterdam to Santiago, Chile with 3 hours transit at Paris Airport. We departed at 18.45 pm from Amsterdam.

13 August 2016, Santiago

We arrived at Santiago Chile Airport at 08.00 am. We followed the sign to the gate where the bus to downtown would stop. We found the bus ticket counter. There were two bus operators, Turbus and Centropuerto. We chose Turbus because it was clear that the bus will stop at Alamada Bus Terminal. The price was CLP 1700 per peson one way. The bus stopped at several bus stops, including Pajaritos Bus Terminal. The last stop was Alameda Bus Terminal. We got off here, and walked less then 3 minutes to Ibis Hotel.

Nijmegen

13 August 2016, Nijmegen

We arrived at Nijmegen train station, it took only 15 minutes from Arnhem central train station. Nijmegen is the oldest city in the Netherlands. Like the other cities in Holland, the old town was close from the train station. We just followed the clear sign to centruum. The first place we see was the Grote Markt. In this square, we saw the Waaggebouw (weighing house), the beautiful old renaissance building from 1600 and now it serves as a restaurant, the bronze statue of Mariken Nieumeghen, a chief character from 15^th century and the entrance to the St. Stevenskerk, a Romanesque Gothic church. The church was already closed when we arrived, so we just can admire its beautiful façade.

The Holland Open Air Museum (Nederlands Openlucht Museum) Arnhem

13 August 2016, The Holland Open Air Museum (Nederlands Openlucht Museum) Arnhem
We took train from Den Haag Central Station to Arnhem Central Station. From there we continued by Breng (name of the bus in Arnhem) no 3 direction Burger’s Zoo and we stopped at Burger’s Zoo bus stop. From there, we walked to the museum.

Ticket to enter this museum was EUR 15 for adults and EUR 11 for child 4-12 years old. As we have Museumkaart, we got free entry. First, we entered the entrance which also a museum shop. It’s a small shop that sells some things especially for children. Also we can buy some snacks and drinks here. The Museum opens from 10.00 am to 17.00 pm.

Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest

28 July 2016, Vienna
We took morning flight from Amsterdam to Vienna. We departed at 07.00 am and arrived at Schwechat Vienna Airport 08.40 am. From airport we took train (we bought train ticket at the airport for EUR 3.9 per person) and stopped at Praterstern. From there we walked to our hotel, Ibis Hotel.
When we reached Ibis Hotel, we just knew that there was a metro station near Ibis Hotel, Vorgartenstasse Metro Station. It less than 5 minutes walking, so it was very convenient for us to use the metro services.

Hoorn, Netherlands

25 June 2016, Hoorn

Hoorn, a city in  the North Netherlands. It was one of the centers of VOC, the Dutch Indies Company which had Batavia (Jakarta) as one of its important trading posts. It was easy to reach Hoorn since it has its train station. From Den Haag to Hoorn took about 1 hour 30 minutes, including transfer in Amsterdam Sloterdijk.




 



 

Gouda

 
09 June 2016


Gouda is a small town famous for its cheese. It was very easy to reach there, only 20 minutes from Den Haag by train. The town can be explore by foot from the central station. There were some beautiful old buildings that we can visit. Sint-Janskerk is a church with its beautiful stained glass windows is one of them. St Janskerk was originally Roman Catholic Church, but now is a Protestant Church. Just across the church, we can also visit Gouda Museum, where we can see many collections from 16^th century, such as ceramics and paintings.


 

Greece : Athens, Delphi and Meteora

Greece

28 May – 01 June 2016

28 May 2016, Fly to Athens

We took evening flight from Amsterdam to Athens. We departed at 08.35 pm and arrived at 00.25. From Airport we took taxi directly to our hotel, Astor Hotel in Syntagma Square area.