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AmsterdamOh ,

There is something for every traveller’s taste here.

Although I have read the weather forecast through the monitor

in the aircraft cabin, still when landing at Schipol at 5 am with

a temperature of 2 degrees Cel-cius, my body was shocked to receive such condition. “The cold weather maks me giggy”. And apparently time was needed with the condition.One morning in late November,

in the airport which was consid-ered to be one of the best air-ports in the world, I moved my body constantly to keep the cold feeling away. Meanwhile oth-er people passing by seem not bothered by the air temperature that morning. Also the police-man driving back and forth with the Segway, a special means of transportation for officers in the airport. I wanted to rush quickly to get my briefcase and immedi-ately pulled out a thick coat or jacket.Schpol airport even though no longer considered modern in terms of architectural, in fact has such a variety of facilities, even people can get married, also have their own morgue at the airport. However, often, without real-izing I compare the airport with other airport. For example, I will compare the airport with the in-

SCHIPOLAmsterdam Airport Schipol is one of the busist airports in the world, situated 15 km southwest of the city.

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AmsterdamThere is something for every traveller’s taste here.

terior of Terminal 3 at Changi Airport, Singapore or The Hong Kong Internasional Airport. In both of these airport, interios de-sign, and also the electronic in-formation system seem so mod-ern an sophisticated.Leaving the airport area, I was hoping to get a little warm when the vehicle drove east toward the center of Amsterdam City. Along the highway from Schipol, mist still covered the open land, as well as the surrounding agricul-tural area.There are things that are no lon-ger visible to the eye like it was on my first visit 15 years ago, that is the few giant windmills that functions as a generator on the roads to Amsterdam, in con-trast to the typical Dutch wind-mill that became an icon for this country. The light mist still seemed to follow wherever we

AMSTERDAMis the capital of the Neth-

erland with impressive architecture, lovely canals

that criss cross the city, great shopping, and friend-

ly people who nearly all speak English well. There

is something for every trav-eller’s taste here whether

you prefer culture and his-tory, serious partying, or

just the relaxing charm of an old European city.

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