vacation adventure: part 1 In holland

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This was my first ever adventure/vacation with ’strangers’ . Why ’strangers’? Because she1, she2 and I only met online, chatted online, exchanged e-mails, done the usual internet buddy stuff yaddy yadda. Sure we’ve seen each other’s faces but only on pictures, webcams..that’s it. Meeting someone in person makes a whole lot of difference.

Cheerfully saying that after spending days with them, these ladies are no longer just strangers to me.

She1 and I talked about meeting up in Greece last year but unfortunately, it didn’t happen due to some circumstances. But she1 really needed a vacation so when she finally got the chance, she changed her itinerary and decided to come to Holland instead and visit its neighbouring countries. UK was the last leg of her tour. With she1’s constant “sige na tekla, ’sama ka na sa UK” (c’mon thess, join me in UK), one day I finally gave in since gusto ko din makapamasyal at makapag-shopping, window shopping lang ha. She2 , whom I met via she1 was joining the UK trip as well.

Thus this was the start of my adventure/vacation with strangers-no-more.

She1 arrived first in Holland on April 12. I was of course excited cge na nga, excited na cos I was about to finally meet my skype blah blah yakkity yakkita daldal friend. Plane has touched down minutes earlier than scheduled but she was nowhere to be found. I was watching her big red suitcase (I knew it was hers cos I saw a picture of it before) going ’round and ’round the belt at Schiphol Airport but the owner was nowhere in sight (later I learned that she followed a bunch of japanese who were also naliligaw at the airport, juicekoh! :crazy: ) While waiting, I saw one of my favorite british cooks probably waiting for his ride. I wanted to ask him if I could take a photo together but changed my mind since I was afraid I’d miss she1 when she turns up. tsk tsk, isinakripisyo ko nga naman oh *lol*. But to make a long story short, I finally saw her collecting her suitcase and pointed to her the door leading outside. Uy ha, beauty ang tita, magkamukha kami! was my first impression ang umangal, sasapukin koh! Took her home, showed her her room and there she jumped and jumped like a little kid. She was so happy to see me. kasi nga magkamukha kami, natural beauty! mwahahaha :lol:

Second day, she2 arrived from Switzerland, picked her up from the train station and we proceeded to the lukaret’sbengshuis1.png mansion. There shes 1 & 2 stayed until monday evening. That was where they enjoyed the great german wursts, museums, Rijn (Rhein) trip and of course plenty of blah blahs .

Tuesday we went to Antwerpen, Belgium. There we went to Ruben’s Huis (museum) sat in the terrace and had lunch, window shopped, visited the famous Antwerp Cathedral, sung to she2 my Charlie’s song (she2 gamely obliged and spin around jus like Charlie whenever he hears this song) and took lots of photo.

Antwerpen Cathedral …. my most favorite part of the day was this—->waffle-babes.pngbelgian waffles!! kabayan-his-belgian-waffles1.png <—Roger, a kababayan selling the waffles ‘wish I had his job, he he.

The following day we visited Kinderdijk, that’s a small village near my place where Circa1740, 19 windmills were built…at present they are still in good condition & functioning.se_kinderdijk2.pngtse-charlie-kinderdijk.png

We also went to Madurodam (miniature cities of Holland in display, a popular tourist attraction) just like them, it was my first time to visit the park. Of course photos here and there were taken.

Such as this—-> sofies-shoespatus.png

or this where 2 burukas mimicking she2’s famous pose madurodam_te_kl1.png

or this when I so wanted to touch the baby seagull who was calling for its mum baby-seagull-and-me.png

finally, mum regurgitating itsy bitsy foodsy for baby ma and baby seagull

Between these short tourist trips, she 1 and she 2 also helped around the house, see the following images as proof

<—-Ellen cooking sinangag

<—-Syempre si Sofie ba, papatalo? :cute:

note: may the last 2 images serve as warning to fellow bloggers who wish to stay @ my place during their holland visit. you will be required to clean the house, wash the car, do the ironing and laundry as well. :hehe: :peace:
their last 2 days in Holland was spent in Amsterdam where they met with 2 other bloggers from UK and France (both pinays.)

UP next: Trip to Bath, UK (that includes Stonehenge, Avebury, Coltswold ,Tetbury and She1’s 13th bday )

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  1. shewolf says:
    May 8, 2007 at 6:53 pm

    o, eto sa yo,

    may bumbay may bumbay sa ilalim ng tulay
    may bumbay may bumbay sa ilalim ng tulay
    may bumbay may bumbay sa ilalim ng tulay
    may bumbay may bumbay sa ilalim ng tulay
    may bumbay may bumbay sa ilaim ng tulay

    hehehehe…..kakantahin na yan lagi ng mga bisita mo :peace: :peace: :peace: :peace: :peace:

  2. chase says:
    May 8, 2007 at 10:21 pm

    wow that is sooo cool! Lovely pictures as well to boot. It is really nice to meet fellow bloggers.

  3. rach says:
    May 9, 2007 at 12:50 am

    Hi thess! Glad to see you’re back. I love your new theme. Very nicely done.

    Thanks for sharing these great photos. How nice that you met fellow bloggers and had lots of fun together. It’s great that you have met new friends.

    Take care and thanks for visiting.

  4. cacofonix says:
    May 9, 2007 at 4:46 am

    ngoist ako rinnnnnnnnnnnnnn paluto ng sinangaggggggggggggggg…

    kakainggit naman kayo….manget ngse dami dami ko arte, di pa ako sama ellena nung niyaya ako..ngasi nga yung makasyon ngo mara sa miliminas, wrong timing….di sana charlie mugi and i would have had a once n’ a lifetime bonding time… :)

    thanks for sharing the photos, ang gaganda nyo! :love:

  5. Ymir says:
    May 9, 2007 at 5:32 am

    grabe sa ganda yung cathedral.. nakita ko din sa blog ni she1 :o k:

  6. rhada says:
    May 9, 2007 at 5:45 am

    Ang saya-saya naman neybor!! Alam mo, isa sa mga pangarap ko eh iyong ma-meet ko kayo ni neybor Bengski……tiyak riot sa katatawanan yun! :hehe:

  7. marie says:
    May 9, 2007 at 6:50 am

    I can just imagine the fun you had. Ang sarap talaga meet up with bloggers or as you referred to them as strangers PERO pag nag meet na kayo as in kala mo matagal na kayong magkaka kilala and that’s the best part.
    Nice pictures thanks for sharing parang kasama na din ako seeing the places. :lol:

  8. thess says:
    May 9, 2007 at 9:52 am

    SHEWOLF: asan bumbay? NASAAN?!!

    CHASE:     true, it’s nice to meet fellow bloggers in person…sadly I had to forget some of ‘em :-|

    RACH: hi! gee, thanks for liking my design *hiya mode* :hehe:
    I’m keeping these 2 strangers-no- more :wink: i just hope they keep me too he he

    CACOF: yan na nga ba sinasabi ko eh! panay tanong ko kay atinafifay kung pwede ka ba fly 2 olandya rin…sure, pwedeng pwede ka mag sangag dine, ire-reserve ko na rin ang kotse para malinis mo :peace: tara, planuhin naman natin Thailand at karatig bansa tour for next year!

    YMIR: nakows trulili na maganda! kung nanduon ka, tyak naubusan na space ang stick ng camera mo.

    RHADA:     gandaaaaa! bago ka mag-aklas sa bansa ng sausages, tara ng magkita sa mata muna! seryus itong panawagan ko! :rolleyes:

    MARIE: Ola sexy mum! ikaw at si cuz Girlie gusto ko makadaupang palad na din!!

  9. missP says:
    May 9, 2007 at 11:57 am

    wow!!! tsalap naman ng kita kits niyo….dami lafangan blues, anytime pwede si me maglinis ng bahay kung libre kain at tulog ko sa inyo… hehehe :lol:

  10. rose says:
    May 10, 2007 at 2:37 am

    ateeehh.. panalo.! :kiss: :kiss:

    ako kaya kelan mo iinvite sa bahay mo? gusto kong matikman ang mga luto mo.. alam mo naman ako puro shortcut. gusto ko yung talagang luto hehe! :P sayasaya nyoo

  11. sofie says:
    May 10, 2007 at 9:50 am

    Eeeekkkkk!

    Liit-liit ko na nga, pinaliit mo pa. Lagot ka kay fafah E! :hehe:

    Uy mga inday, gaya-gaya kayo sa mga pose ko ha… original yan, :cool: ipapa-patent ko nga yan para di makopya! :hehe: Mwehehehehe!!!

  12. neng says:
    May 10, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    bagong bihis ang bahay ah, danda :wink:

    ang saya naman ng EB nyo
    pinakagusto kong pic yata
    eh ‘yong may malaking bakya
    ‘lam mo na, matagal bago mapudpud
    yan :hehe:

  13. delish says:
    May 11, 2007 at 6:26 am

    sis… commercial comment :)

    happy mother’s day!!! am sure your kids feel all the love and the luck for having you as their Mom :)

  14. delish says:
    May 11, 2007 at 6:28 am

    ay sorry, wrong window :D i mixed up my greeting for ajay :D

    anyway, i was going to say that your EB seemed a lot of fun… and meeting blog friends are really special times :)

    have a great weekend! ahehe

  15. Eloise says:
    May 11, 2007 at 1:06 pm

    cool pics!!!! gusto ko ata yung belgian waffles!!!:cute:

  16. cacofonix says:
    May 11, 2007 at 11:34 pm

    sige, God willing, tingnan natin yang Thai and karatig bansang trip na yan….mukang hokey….

    oh sige, ireserba mo na lahat ng sasakyan nyo pati bisekleta ni charlie mugi, lilinisin ko, pabisitahin mo lang ako sa ollandya….:):lol:

  17. ghee says:
    May 13, 2007 at 1:29 am

    Hi Thess!Im glad to see you back :) i do agree na beauty si Ellen kaya I believe na beauty ka rin :)

    waaahh,buti pa si Attina,nakarating na jan.I could almost imagine the fun with Beng,too :)

    i enjoyed viewing the pics,thanx for sharing.
    hugs*
    ghee

  18. gf ni charlie says:
    May 13, 2007 at 4:37 am

    ate anjeet,

    ngayon ko lang na-realize, siguro na-karma tayo dahil nung wala pa tayo sa uk panay ang salita natin with anjeet accent kaya ayun pinarusahan tayo ng maykapal.

    tsk..tsk…tsk… nagaya talaga ako sa kamalditahan mo! :belat: :belat: :belat: :darn: :whoshuu: :whoshuu:

  19. ex-gf ni charlie aka cacofifay says:
    May 13, 2007 at 8:39 pm

    inang tekya, happy mother’s day! napakasuwerte naman nyang mga “anak” mo’t nagkaraoon ng maldita este (sabi ni gf ni charlie yan ha?) maloko, este napakamabyuting maybahay na tulad mo…. :) :lol:

  20. Girlie says:
    May 14, 2007 at 3:54 pm

    salamat sa e card thess =)

    sana tayo din, magmeet in the future

  21. lino says:
    May 16, 2007 at 12:35 pm

    huwaw! grand EB pala ito… hehehe…
    parang ayaw ko na dumalaw dyan sa inyo, tamad ako maglinis ng bahay eh… hehehehe:hehe:

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