Giethoorn is a small village at the province of Overijssel, and is often known as the Venice of the Netherlands. There is a water village there that is only accessible by boat, and in photos that we've seen, the place seemed so beautiful and so serene that we wanted to visit it.
It was cloudy that morning as we set off our journey from Rotterdam. We'd be heading to the airport from Giethoorn, so we had our luggage packed and stored in the bus. It took about 2 hours to get to Giethoorn, but with the smooth traffic flow, we managed to reach there ahead of time.
We went for a boat ride along the canal ....
The boat stopped at the village and we could go out for a walk ..
After the boat docked, we walked along the main road .... and admired the gardens outside people's houses ....
The other tour members headed for lunch of fish and chips; a few of us decided not to eat and so we had a lot of time to kill while waiting for the others to finish their lunch. We walked and walked ... and we found a small supermarket here ....
So I bought a can of beer and a packet of chips .... I wasn't hungry ... but I just wanted to snack.
After the others finished their food, we set out for the airport ....
We reached the airport quite early at about 4.30 p.m.; my friend W and family would have to catch a train to Frankfurt to visit his daughter. The rest of us were going home. Our tour manager got us to weigh our luggage, and then brought us to do process our VATs. Then she checked us in, using the self check-in kiosk. The process took a really long time. Once we had our boarding passes, we had to drop our own baggage at the KLM counter. Then we could go to the departure lounge.
The return flight on KLM was not as comfortable for me. I sat between 2 of my friends .... and it felt cramp. I did sleep on and off though, thankfully.
The food wasn't that great ...
We finally landed at KLIA at 3.30 p.m. the next day!
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