Adventure with Three- part 2

A recap of our little adventure so that my forgetful mind will not forget.

As the previous decisions, the destination of this trip was confirmed very late, 2 days before the trip to be exact. We just knew we wanted to fly into Heathrow and out of Munich and everything in between was just a sketchy plan. We were ready to be dead tired, realistically travelling with one infant is already an exhausting feat, what more with another 7 and 4 year old to add to the fun. But we just could not bring ourselves to leave them. Maybe one day we will have the courage to because realistically it will be a more relaxing trip without them. But for now, we can't yet.
And also because, the holidays are precious moments where we can spend all our time bonding with our children so it's pretty hard for me to miss this golden opportunity and be apart from them for 2 weeks.

Ok so I think this will be a super long entry considering I have not even started on our itinery! Moving on!

So we confirmed our flight tickets a day before the trip. We booked our accomodation for London the night before we leave. Of course I don't recommend this last minute stuff. Of coz the best is to get everything planned especially when kids are involved. But I guess at times not booking accomodtion first also leaves you with the flexibility to make changes and actually accomodtion are aplenty and we didn't end up in a situation where there was no accomodation at all! But still, I don't recommend it at all!

So we spent 3 days in London. 1 day to rest after a long flight. The next day we went to the public library and then see Harry Potter! We love it so much that I really recommend every Harry Potter fan to travel to London to see this actual set and be awed by it all. Another day was spent walking around Oxford Street and Harrods. All the touristy stuff was done the previous trip so we kept London short and sweet.

We then took the Eurostar to Amsterdam. Amsterdam city centre was really busy and there were so many shopping alleys. We love the beautiful canals. We took a really nice, see-it-all tour to see the best of Holland where they brought us to the village of Marken and Volandem to see the windmills, the beautiful houses, cheese factory, pottery making centre and clog factory. The kids learnt a lot as they watched the demonstrations. The highlight of the tour was going to Moduradam where we saw a miniature of all the key buildings in holland. It was amazing! The kids were super excited. We also had an opportunity to go to Rijk Museum and saw Van Gogh's work and Rembrandt's Night Watch. I thought Irfan will not be the least interested but he was asking so many questions and going around the museum looking at all the beautiful pieces. Unfortunately Alisha was asleep throughout so she didn't have the chance to see them. We also did the canal cruise and went through the numerous canals in Amsterdam. We love Amsterdam. I like the beautiful villages with the canals running through and the windmills and clogs give a unique feel to Holland compared to other European countries. What we probably will never see are the tulips. I'm sure holland will be super gorgeous when it's the tulips season.

We then took the overnight train to Munich. The kids loved the experience of sleeping in a train and I was excited too! They enjoyed looking out at the view before the sun sets at 10pm and sleeping on the top bunk bed was the highlight for them. For me, it was kind of squeezy and uncomfortable but it was an experience sharing the moment with the kids. we played cards and tell stories when dusk sets in.

Will talk about Munich and our drive to Austria in the next entry!

And pics later too!