Holland : Part 6 - Day 4 Evening: Amsterdam Town

Day 4 (Evening) of Holland Drive

Here is a summary of what is spent on Day 4 Evening. 

18/7 Day 4: Albert Cuyp Market -- Explore Amsterdam Town -- Rembrandtplein -- Red Light Street -- Back to Inn: Spent 3 days in Amsterdam (from 18/7 to 20/7) 

Must-Incur Costs

None

Optional Costs 

(1) Mozzarella Pizza (EUR10) and Cola (EUR3) 

(2) 3 bottles of juices (EUR7.75) at Amstel Train Station

The Story

180717 Evening : We walked around the streets of Amsterdam enjoying the sun, appreciating the architecture of well-preserved buildings, saw the happy kids in the boats in the canal with beer in their hands. It was a hot afternoon. The heat was piercing into the skin. But Europeans love their summer. This is the only time they can feel the heat.

I saw a box filled with free stuff and most of them was broken.

Check out the price of eyebrow threading in this salon. EUR30! Homaigawd. That is RM150. I do eyebrow threading in Malaysia for RM6 only...

Look how Dim Sum is advertised - Basket of Steamy Goodness. Haha!

We took the tram now. It was stuffy in the tram. Even the top windows were opened but it felt like there was no air circulation inside. I am already sweating. 

Tuk tuk is here in Amsterdam too!

This is Rembrandtplein with the statue of Rembrandt. 

Rembrandtplein (Rembrandt Square) is a major square in central Amsterdam, the Netherlands, named after the famous painter Rembrandt van Rijn who owned a house nearby from 1639 to 1656. As part of the celebration of the artist's 400th birthday in 2006, a bronze-cast representation of his most famous painting, The Night Watch, by Russian artists Mikhail Dronov and Alexander Taratynov was displayed around the Royer work. This bronze-cast representation of the famous painting was on display for three-years before traveling to New York City, Moscow and Oranienbaum, Russia. In 2012, the bronze Night Watch sculptures returned to the redesigned square where they serve as a magnet for visitors. Source from Wikipedia.

There are lots of product with cannabis sold. Cannabis ice-cream. Lollipop. Tea. Coffee. Cake. Muffin. Energy drink.

We went to search for the narrowest house in town. There were 3 suggestions and we found one of them which is on Oude Hoogstraat Street. Well, I did not find it. I made a request to Prof Sweet Tooth and he opened his map and in 5 minutes of walking, we were there. Really, I am amazed. Haha.

The house typically referred to as the narrowest in Amsterdam was built around 1600 at Oude Hoogstraat. It stands at a minuscule 2.02 metres wide and only 5 metres deep, with just one small room on each floor, which must have made living in it extremely impractical. Today, the house is open to the public as ‘the smallest tea room in Amsterdam’. Its ground floor is a shop selling loose leaf teas and sweets, while the second floor is used for serving breakfast and high tea to very small groups of guests – reservations are essential. The walls are lined with photographs and illustrations that give you a glimpse into the house in its former days. Source from Holland.

I tried measuring myself against it. Well, obviously my 166cm frame does not have hands as long as 2.02metre wide. Haha!

We are in China Town! And Fo Guang Shan Buddhist temple is located inside here.

Then, I saw a Malaysian restaurant and I needed to see the price. Can you see the prices in the below photos? I went - WOW... I checked out my favourite food - Char Kway Tiow and it is EUR16.90. I guess this is categorised as high-class street food. Even if I don't convert and take the value itself, this price is very expensive in Malaysia too and it would have been a fine dining restaurant. So, if I convert, it is about RM85! SAY WHAT!

This must be the sweetest shop in town, coming up with its own diabetic burger! Check out the layers of the burger. Please go to the gym and work-out for 2 hours after consuming this burger.

For dinner, we shared a mozzarella pizza at a random Italian restaurant which has no customers. How nice that the chef cut for us the pizza when we told him we were sharing. Then, we found out that the price of the pizza here is more expensive when we walked past other Italian eateries. Mozzarella pizza was priced between EUR9 to EUR9.50 whereas this was EUR10. If you wonder what is the big deal of EUR0.50, well, it is the price for most toilet fees (if there is a fee to pay).

The busiest street in town. Well, it is not the busiest street but suddenly, I saw lots of people thronging into this lane. I am not sure if it's because it is a Red Light Lane or it is one of the narrow lanes in town. 

Pretty sunset in Amsterdam. I loved the colours when I saw it. Prof Sweet Tooth offered to snap the photo from a taller height by climbing this-underground-brick-roof. I have no idea what it is called. I thanked him but I told him it is not worth jeopardising your safety for.

Time to take the train back to rest our feet.