Video : Kids doing snow angel

The kids are still struggling to adjust after our short vacation to Europe... I know they are still tired... *sigh!*. Izzat cried almost everyday this week when I wake him up in the morning... "Izzat penat la mama!". Kesian jugak... but can't afford to ponteng anymore!
I was browsing all our pics during the vacation... and fall in love with this video...

Europe pics - zamri's version

Found these beautiful pics in Zamri's flickr:

At London :

On London Eye

At Austria:

Izzat breakfast-ing at the balcony of our appartment in Wolfgangsee, Austria

BIG smile! Uncle Ee with niece and nephew - nice Austrian Alp view at the back

Postalm Ski Arena

Hallstat - such a beautiful place to be!

At Munich, German :

Munich Marienplatz Glockenspiel

At Keukenhof, Holland :

Tulips Paradise

FIL in a wooden shoes at Keukenhof- Izzat pun nak, atuk!!

Wishing I was still in Austria *sigh!*

The kids still got jet leg... both kids had difficulties to sleep last night. Izzaty got a flue... so I got her a sleepy medicine that somehow solved 2 problems... the flue and the sleeping problem. As for Izzat... after driking 2 bottles of warm milk... he still could not force himself to sleep... and ended up sleeping at around 2am I think.... and of course he got problem to wake up this morning for school!! Somehow I managed to pujuk him to go to school (But he refused to perform Suboh prayer.. and I let him get away with that.... God, forgive me!)

As for me... I got ready to go to work this morning (thought of cancelling my leave today). Unfortunately... the traffic at Sg Buloh Highway was the very the bad!!! I reached Sri Hartamas area around 8.40am and thought.... I don't think I could make it to the office on time!! So... what the heck... I did a U-turn... and go straight back home to rest... well... not really, went to pasar to buy weekly groceries (I had to do it anyway!) and later sambung zzzzzzz.

Hmm.... how I wish I'm still in Wolfgangsee, Austria.... I miss the appartment.. and the quietness and serene of that town....

Europe experience 2008

We had a greeaatttt time in Europe! Went to UK (London), Austria (Salzburg, Wolfgangsee, Hallstat, Postalm, ect), German (Munich) and Holand (Amsterdam). It was such an amazing experience!! A holiday that we'll never forget!!

London was busy as ever! The kids and I flew to London with KLM on Friday night. Zamri waited for us at the airport. Later, hubby and parents in law took MAS the next day... and again Zamri had to wait for them at the airport whilst myself and the kids took a rest at our rented appartment. We did lots of walking and exchanging tubes in London. It rained the day we went exploring London..... it was so cold! The London appartment was not bad... it's warm and cozy enough for 5 of us. Hubby and Zamri slept at other place as the appartment can only be occupied by 5 people max.

London bridge


Big Ben

Tower of London

Waiting for our bus to go to Stansted Airport. Austria... here we come!! :)

Austria is a new experience for us especially for a new traveller like my parents in law and the kids.... It was their first snow experience... and what a wonderful one! The land are all white! And the appartment we rented in Austria is sooo awesome!!! It has 3 rooms, 3 bathrooms, a cozy family hall and a nice kitchen! I fall in love with that place! It was such an amazing experience to wake up and found the lands were all covered by snow! (been a long time since I have this experience back in Kansas City years ago!) We went skiing - my first skiing experience ever!! Never imagined how heavy the skiing equipments were... and it turned out quite bad... *lol* ! I fall down sooo many times!! And I can't stand up on my own.... the equipments were much too heavy for me to handle... huhuhu. We also went to the Salzburg town and Hallstat... very, very beautiful! In short.... Austria is amazing!! Would love to come again one day!! InsyaAllah...

Scenery from our rented kitchen... awesome!

So much fun at Postalm Ski Resort :)

The city of Salzburg

At beautiful Hallstat

Getting ready to leave Austria... Bye Austria... hope to be here again!

We got on a train in Salzburg to go to Munich, Germany... see the giant cuckoo clock and walked around. Had our dinner in a halal Turkish kebab stall - quite nice! :) And later hopped on a night train to go to Amsterdam. The night cabin has 6 beds - I shared a bed with Izzaty - and we slept quite soundly.... too tired I guess...

Our Deutsche-Bahn Munich-Salzburg express train

One day in Munich

Amsterdam is another experience. The weather was nice when we first arrived in Amsterdam.. and we bought a bus ticket to go to Kueken Hoff to watch the famous tulips garden. Unfortunately, once we reached there... it was raining... and later snowing!! Quite an unexpected weather! But we enjoyed our trip anyway... the flowers at Kueken hoff are beautiful! Izzaty got her face painted... and we had a great time posing with lots of beautiful flowers.... -rasa cam dalam filem hindustan pulak *lol* :)


The kids and I later separated from the others to catch our flight home from Amsterdam airport. The kids can't ponteng school any longer... one week is enough. And also... even though I hate to mention this... They have KAFA test next week.... hahaha....

In conclusion... it was an amazing holiday... hope the kids will remember it for life... ;)

Here's a pic of our pilots on our KLM flight back to KLIA (??)