Travel Notes｜The excitement of Amsterdam is worth visiting again

On December 17, 2015, in order for the eight-person team to avoid being hungry and greedy in Iceland where supplies were limited, they packed their luggage with enough cooking seasonings, which felt like more than the clothes they had brought.

Together we spent 2 weeks and completed the Frankfurt-Amsterdam-Berlin-Reykjavik-Copenhagen-Hamburg-Frankfurt route, with an average per capita of more than 10,000.

The pixels of mobile phones from five years ago are indeed very weak now. In addition, the photo editing software at that time did not have many options, so there were not many clear and beautiful photos left. I will still keep them as running journals and memories.

Day1 Shanghai-Frankfurt

Why are all foreigners flying on Russian Airlines and rarely see Chinese people? Are they really fighter jets in the plane? Stopping in Moscow, I heard that skiing is only possible in summer. The eight-member group departed from Xiamen, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Germany , and finally met in Frankfurt.

My impression of Russia is that of nesting dolls everywhere

After a ten-hour flight, a transfer in Moscow, the airport at six in the morning, the real night in the suburbs of Moscow, it felt like the sky would never get bright, and the five-hour jet lag began.

I brought my own simmering beaker and rice, and having porridge for breakfast would warm my stomach.

I had heard so much news about Aeroflot and Malaysia Airlines that when I was flying in the middle of the night, I felt that the plane was not moving at all and just stopped in the air for more than ten minutes. He became inexplicably nervous, and wondered whether he was going to run out of fuel and stop at a certain position waiting to be shot down. In the end, I actually asked the flight attendant why I wasn’t moving forward at this moment. She replied that I was just too high and had no reference, and that I was actually driving normally. Hey, it’s time to catch up on some popular science knowledge. The third sister-in-law was woken up and died laughing.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the sky in Moscow finally began to light up, and the plane took off in the wind and snow. Looking down at the entire ground, it is all white. As it continues to rise, the white snowflakes turn into white clouds and mountains, and the second leg of the flight begins.

Day2 Frankfurt

After a day of tossing and waiting for each other at the airport for several hours, the eight-person team finally met at Frankfurt Airport.

I can’t remember how I followed the navigation, carried my luggage, and transferred to the car all the way to my residence.

All three of them dyed themselves gray and went to a place where there was ice and snow.

Frankfurt on the Main River is a very industrial city, but I still prefer a small city like Prague, where you can walk, have endless bridges, and endless strange old buildings.

Passing by a market, celebrating Christmas early. It would be nice if there was more variety in what's on sale, otherwise it's just sausages, wine and gingerbread.

More than half of the eight people brought thermos bottles, instantly transforming from a group of flowers to a group of senior citizens. I drank a glass of Christmas-flavored mulled wine, but it turned out that the taste was too sour and I couldn't bear to drink it. I had to play a guessing game and the loser had to take a sip before finishing the drink.

We were all jetlagged on the first night. We were already very sleepy at 6pm. We were in good spirits and continued playing cards and chatting, while I fell asleep.

Day3 Frankfurt

Five people who couldn't sleep because of jet lag woke up at five in the morning and went for a walk on the deserted road.

After searching for food hungry, I finally found a model worker shop, which opened before dawn. The two days without a self-service kitchen were extremely long.

After a gloomy day, blue skies appeared today. I spent the entire day walking, looking at various modern buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass.

Lunch was still in the process of looking for Chinese food.

Until they turned at an intersection and walked into a pedestrian street full of luxury goods, Boss Hua and his sister-in-law started to spend money. Because they were shopping at Cartier, they drank a glass of champagne together.

Chatting with open-minded people will create completely different sparks. In a youth hostel in Frankfurt, we talked about Thailand, Sicily, and a series of magical routes, magical ideas, and magical things in America. Feelings are waiting for us in the future to realize and confirm one by one.

Goodbye Frankfurt. See you in ten days. Looking at the entire city from the plane, it feels amazing to walk through the iconic tall buildings one by one with your feet. I saw huge cauliflower at the Christmas market, I was so happy when I ate Thai food, I took a group photo with the senior citizens on the roadside, I listened to Dachen chatting with the dog dad and then translated for us, and the train station at night. Every day with friends is the meaning of travel.

Day4 Frankfurt-Amsterdam

On a trip to Amsterdam, I found a friend on WeChat whom I had lost contact with for many years. As a result, QQ was stolen. In this short and adventurous process of life, no one knows how long each friend will stay with you or disappear suddenly.

After a seven-hour bus ride, we finally arrived in Amsterdam. My first impression of this city was extremely good, with all kinds of handsome and imaginative colorful buildings.

A favorite street scene, a moment recorded on the bus with my mobile phone

Continue to push your luggage and use various means of transportation to get to your accommodation.

Photos cannot express how handsome this apartment is. It is a two-story duplex, all white and simple, with an open kitchen and transparent glass that allows you to see downstairs. Everyone went "ooh and ahhh" about this residence for a full ten minutes. The sister-in-law said to Boss Hua: In the future, houses should be built according to this pattern. I fully support it!

The street scene at the door is also full of rich layers.

The design layout can be recorded through photos, but the atmosphere can only be experienced in the moment. I came across a creative market, which was only held once a month. It was so large in scale, with so many types, and the content in the game area was so rich that I couldn’t bear to leave.

But in winter here, it gets dark at five o'clock, and it's over before I even have time to appreciate it. Amsterdam is really a place worth visiting again. Every small shop on the roadside is designed to be attractive and unique, and you can never stop shopping.

Various "cafe" shops fill the streets with the smell of marijuana

The only regret was that the weather was generally gloomy and gloomy, with occasional light rain. My time in Amsterdam this time is limited, so I will save the time to enjoy the National Museum and the Van Gogh Museum next time.

Architectural designers are a really awesome profession. Each house has a different facade and a warm little world inside. Cherish the few hours of daylight you have every day and appreciate this place.

After a quick stroll in the city, the Sex Museum, with its sounds and lights, was as scary as watching Halloween. The air in the streets smells of marijuana. What kind of city this is, stay and experience it after dawn.

Going to a big supermarket to buy food in the evening makes all three meals rich and colorful.

I still haven’t gotten rid of the jet lag at all. I feel sleepy at 5 o’clock as soon as it gets dark. I fall asleep at 7 o’clock and wake up at 4 o’clock in the morning.

Day5 Amsterdam

Waiting for every belated sunrise, before the night dissipates, we can only party in the residence. Christmas for eight people is coming.

Everyone wakes up with a killer look

Having breakfast at 6 o'clock is really a magical moment. When it gets dark at 9 o'clock, you can still watch the sunrise. If it weren't for the jet lag, I definitely wouldn't be able to get up at this time.

My best friend from college, Zhang Yan, came over from Rotterdam to get together, so I followed her around various designer stores with my mouth and eyes open all day long. The weather rarely cleared up for a while, but then it rained again. There are various canals and various bridges. Let’s meet again next time.

There are all kinds of wonderful shops and display windows, you can’t move your legs.

My favorite family is plain but dazzling.

I love simple black, white and gray, but you love bright red and patterns. So what if they contradict each other? After a brief reunion, we set off for Berlin, and you were about to return to Rotterdam. The Internet is so wonderful that it doesn’t make each other feel jet lag or too far apart. What is truly alienated is only people’s hearts, not location and time.

A group photo was taken in the shivering cold wind.

The architectural aesthetics under reinforced concrete, my mind is now full of floor-to-ceiling glass, floor-to-ceiling glass, floor-to-ceiling glass. Goodbye to Room 005, which I stayed in for two days.

Day6 Amsterdam-Berlin

When we arrived at our residence in Berlin, we finished the Icelandic food in advance. Xiamen instant noodles with canned Sansi and pickled peppers were delicious. It's a duplex apartment again, and the living room is huge. After six months, I saw Berlin again.

There seems to be less passion and curiosity about the cities I have visited. After shopping at the Lidl supermarket, the refrigerator in our apartment was full again, and there was also Belle liqueur for 5 euros. It was really delicious and delicious. Cheap.

I can only use chicken and beef mixed with a small variety of vegetables to stir-fry every day, because there are really not many seasonings. I heard that this year was the warmest winter in Europe in 20 years, but I packed too much clothes and looked like a bear, too lazy to take pictures.

& Other StoriesIt turns out that it is also a brand owned by HM, but it is much more refined than HM. The items on the display window are all in line with my aesthetic preferences. Xiaoshuai also bought a handsome jacket.

Day7 Berlin

The most sumptuous breakfast in the past few days, including fruits, cakes, milk, cereals, bread, and puffs. The sky is getting brighter and a new day has begun again.

After a morning of unremitting efforts, I finally found a store that has been planted online, such as an IKEA stationery store, with various DIY materials. Every customer has tenderness in their eyes. Handmade gifts are the best in slow life. valuable.

I bought a cuckold hat and a gray sweater as Christmas gifts. I really like them. Today we collectively changed into thin clothes and went out. Finally, we were no longer a chubby bunch of people. But I dropped this hat on the plane before I could put it down until I returned to China, so I only have these few group photos as a souvenir.

I prepare three meals for eight people in different ways every day, and I feel like I'm almost running out of food. I've cooked tomato sauce, braised in soy sauce, stir-fried with garlic, and spicy food, and it's almost time to repeat the process again.

The days in winter are too short, and it’s completely dark at 5 o’clock.

Christmas markets and unexpected amusement parks are everywhere.

The result of the increasingly intense Christmas atmosphere is that all stores will be closed for the holidays. Pack your bags and leave tomorrow for the most important stop of this trip: Iceland. Regardless of whether he is on holiday for the holidays or not, there are not many people there anyway. Without a pair of mahjong tiles, we don’t know how we will spend the 20 hours of darkness every day.

When taking a group photo under the Ferris wheel, strangers kept coming over to take photos together, so the laughter continued. Boss Hua bought another scarf, but we complained that he would never be able to wear it after returning to Guangzhou. Indeed, in the past five years, I have not seen him wear it again.

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