Thursday, October 15, 2009

Aci berdoa

Yesterday was music class.

Mama hid herself from Aci at Plaza Masalam.

Realizing that she was alone, Aci tried to look for Mama.

After a brief search, she paused and started berdoa.

Ma...Ma...

Bismillahirrahman nirrahim....

Allahumma bariklana fima razak tana wa kina aza bannar....

:-)


Saturday, October 3, 2009

Thalys to Marne-la-Vallée



Next stop......DISNEYLAND

and we have the whole compartment in the train to ourselves!!!!

Haagen-Dazs at Brussels Midi



We had to change train as our Thalys was going to Paris Nord.

Disembarked at Brussels Midi and we had 90 minutes before our next train to Eurodisney.

Time for makan and kids had Haagen-Dazs ice cream with wafer and we bought DeliFrance sandwiches.

Ahh....

The 'french' courtesy of 'bonjour, merci, bon journee, au revoir.....'. We missed that esp when we were in UK.

Leaving Rotterdam.....reluctantly...



Ahh....


Time to move again. Felt sad to leave the Netherlands.

Uncle Joe was a great host and the place was simply lovely.

At 9 a.m. we walked to the tram station and took the tram to Centraal Station for our Thalys to Brussels.

Hana wanted to punch the tram tickets and Uncle Joe patiently showed her how.

The Dutch system is quite interesting. The bus/tram/underground share the same ticket and can be used in the WHOLE country. The ticket is a long strip that is divided into 15 slots. Each trip within a zone will take up 2 slots. If 2 zones, it will become 3 slots and so forth.

Erasmusbrug



Erasmus bridge a.k.a Swan bridge.


The world's largest Bascule bridge, nicknamed the swan. Designed by architects Berkel en Bos (2000).

Very nice walk across.

Will leave Rotterdam tomorrow.

Kids are looking forward for Disneyland....

The 'Blaakse Bos' - August 06, 2006



Called the cube houses (1978-1984) were designed by architect Piet Blom.


Each cube is a house and it is senget...

Fancy living in a six sided house?

Going to the supermarket



Need to buy some stuff for makan and our next trip tomorrow.


Walked with Aida to the nearby supermarket that opens on Sunday.

Distance less than 1 km.

View....c'est magnifique.