United @ Geneva

Geneva housed United Nations and Red Cross

City where people of all nations come for

PEACE and HARMONY

What surprised me in Geneva is to see my favorite sculpture

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I saw the imitated version in Berlin

It was love at first sight

I posted it in this blog few months ago

I was so excited to see the original

It will be perfect if either my best friend or my sister is there with me

in front of the statue to witness this sisterhood BOND.

Interlaken: winer wonderland

Dropped by

Old town Bern

it is open this Sunday

Specially for people who are going for Christmas shopping

The smell and color of the old town is really antique in its own

You can still visualize the busy street as it is in old days

Simple town with everything you need

Interlaken ost

Move further to Jungfrau

It is said to be the top of Europe

Denied by the weather

We settled at …

Around Interlaken

The view is breathtaking

The mountain sprinkled with (white sugar)

The lake neutralize the serious mountain

Well,

it is something like

dad for the mountain and

mom for the lake.

Like their child

embraced by the

cold mountain and quiet lake.

Even I did not reach top of Europe

But I felt like on top of the world

Snow angel at white mountains.

Cheezy Windmills

Amsterdam Central station -> Koog Zaandjik station

It is a small village
The air is flavoured with cheeze
No kidding
It seems like the windmills are the one
responsible for spreading the smell...

Delicious~
This must attract a lot of happy mouse
Does the people get fat by breathing cheeze?
Do they suffocate to the air outside their village?

Wooden shoes factory can also be found here
It reminds me of Philippines' bakya
It is interesting to see these wooden shoe skill
survive throughout the years...

There are several windmills in this village alone
For these days,
they are big achitecture with small purposes
But back then,
they are something needed to earn for a living
Nevertheless,
the idea behind it is BRILLIANT

green - yellow - red LIGHT DISTRICT

Green light district: On the GO

Friday nights from Germany,
Quer-Durchs-Land ticket to Hannover
Berlin linen from Hannover to Amsterdam: 2300-0430
Took the metro to the central station
with 24-hr ticket
Tickets for metro and tram can be avail at the metro platz itself
Patient wait until 0600
From central station to hotel Slotania,
we took bus 21
Drop our luggage and off to explore the city of Amsterdam!

Yellow light district: Sightseeing

Fist stop, Anne Frank's "house"
It is more like a hide-out/prison than a house/home
They are prison of their own
for being JEWS

Exceptional people are mold on extraordinary circumstances
Child's innocent view of what is happening around
makes it more striking and painful
for the readers...

Invisible violence and colorless blood

Then,
to tulips flower market, Van Gogh museum, diamond museum...


RED light district: the Original

Around the "Dam" area,
there you find the original red light district
unlike in Hamburg,
ladies are welcome to visit and
have some WINDOW shopping
Although I did not see any male prostitute
But definitely,
there are quite a variety in terms of
sizes, colors and shapes
It reflects the "need" and "taste" of the Market

SBI's Ozeaneum Stralsund

Wonders of living creatures
keep surprising us...
How small creatures can swallow
something bigger than its size;
how they adapt and make flexible changes
in accordance to the natural environment/surroundings.

Good understanding of how they behave
inspire new and interesting stuffs...

Looking through the acquarium
we see the school of fish...
Within the acquarium,
we (SBI peeps) are the "school of fish".

Angie meets Angela

beyond the walls