Kralingse Bos – Rotterdam

Sudah lama rasanya off dari menulis blog, maklum sibuk dengan pekerjaan yang cukup menyita waktu. Pertengahan Juli sampai dengan akhir Juli liburan ke Maroko (posting-an menyusul deh…). Kemudian kembali ke Holland langsung sibuk dengan pekerjaan. Jadilah cerita mengenai Kralingse Bos harus tertunda padahal mengunjungi tempat ini sudah dari bulan Juni…

Bagi yang suka jalan-jalan dengan pemandangan alam yang serba hijau, Kralingse Bos bisa jadi pilihan tepat saat musim liburan summer. Terletak agak di pinggir Rotterdam saya dan suami ke sana naik Metro sampai ke stasiun Kralingse Zoom kemudian lanjut jalan kaki. Enaknya sih naik sepeda. Areanya berupa hutan, padang rumput dan danau. Banyak orang kesana untuk bersepeda dan berpiknik sambil ajak keluarga dan anjingnya jalan-jalan. Di sana ada juga semacam penangkaran rusa, peternakan biri-biri, restoran Indonesia Minang Kabau (non halal) dan kincir angin. Banyak juga yang berenang atau berolahraga air di danau. Bebek dan angsa pun betah hidup di area Kralingse Bos… Hmmm…pokonya kalau mau piknik ke Kralingse Bos aja deh…masuknya pun gratis, yuuuk…

Keukenhof 03052014

Whoot…long time no up-date for travelling article. Sorry for the absence while I have done lots of sight-seeing around Holland. I am stil working with Dutch homework, etc ;p Soo…on 3 May I visited the one and only Keukenhof in Lisse. I suppose everyone knows this place, also very famous among Indonesian tourists. I saw many Indonesian faces…yeayy haha… Keukenhof with its tulips field surely one of must-see-place when you come to Holland. I love those beautiful colors from the usual yellow and pink to bizarre blue, even dark. The garden itself not as huge as I imagined before. Hmm...maybe because now I get used to long walk.

This year Keukenhof closed at 18 May 2014, opened since early April. I forget the exact date. I was there on 3 May the day when there was a flower parade (I missed it, fyi…). Very crowded in cool air that I needed to wear my jacket, but it was nicely sunny…many people so it was not easy to find an empty spot for selfies ;p Ticket priced 23 Euro include bus from and to Leiden Central. You can also go there by bus from Amsterdam. Inside Keukenhof I found also a lonely windmill (you can go up, btw) and a huge impressive Japanese Garden, Tottori Hanakairo. Well, I think because Japan has the most beautiful garden in the world. There are also botanic houses named Kings and Queens of Netherland, like Orange Nassau, Juliana, Wilhelmina and Beatrix. Perfect for orchid lovers. You can access information about flower variety in a computer tools inside these greenhouses. In the east side there is a small farm-alike with animals interacted with visitors. Lambs family, a horse, coops, cow, bunnies and so on…kids would love playing in the area besides in a children playing ground that available. If you can’t manage to bring food from home, cafes and restaurants are ready to serve. As well as some snacks and ice cream booths around the garden.

No further saying, enjoy the photos…

Tiny Freshness #6

This white flower has bloom at my backyard for few weeks....