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Enjoying an afternoon reading newspaper and magazine and sipping away a nice cup of cappuccino with cheesecake in Rotterdam. The best part was watching people getting ready for another World Cup Match.

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I finally made an official visit to Koekela, the best carrot cake maker in Rotterdam to pick up a few cakes for the BBQ party on Pinksteren (Pentacost) or Whitsunday. It was an hour walk for the entire trip (30 minutes to get there and 30 minutes to get back) but it was worth the walk for the best cakes in town.

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Boodschappen doen translates into English as “grocery shopping” and it’s a sight to witness in the Netherlands. Many Dutch do their grocery shopping a few times a week with a small list during the weekdays and a big shopping on the weekend.

Many stores are closed on Sunday here as part of religious tradition (Sunday Church service) and also due to the workers union (not working on Sunday) so on Saturday it can get quite busy and chaotic at shops and grocer stores. The majority of shops closed at 17:00 hour while grocery stores closed at 18:00 hour on Saturday. Luckily there are few 24 hours convenient stores that are open 7 days a week but it’s more expensive to shop there.

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Now and then I like to hang out at “the best coffee break” spot. It’s nice to sit there and read a newspaper or magazine and watch the world goes by while sipping a cup of cappuccino and nibbling on chocolate truffle cake. This place is popular with tourists and I see them day in and day out enjoying their coffee break time and taking pictures of the order.

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Grocery shopping at China Town and dinner at Hotel New York Restaurant on the weekend. This is the first time in 2010 for me at my favorite seafood restaurant. It’s getting more expensive at the restaurant. But since I like to treat myself to some oysters, it was worth a visit to the place. I even tried Dutch White Beer (Wieckser Witte). It went well with the seafood.

Photos made by Sony Ericsson Satio.

A few photos of China town in Rotterdam. I thought it was odd to have KFC in the middle of it all but the place is quite popular among the Asians living in the area. I haven’t been to KFC for years and the place is off my list now or else I would have bought some fried chicken to go with my tum maak houng. I was being good and didn’t even visit the bakery. I took at peek at the window and saw many of my favorite sweet and treat.

I spent Monday afternoon doing chores in Rotterdam. I visited the post office and then went to take my photo for the passport and finished the day with grocery shopping in China town. It was a treat to find a display of green papaya and I bought two and has been eating tum maak houng almost daily.

It was a good and productive day to test my new Satio.

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It was nice and sunny on October 04, 2009 and I didn’t want to waste the day sitting inside. I was out doing chores and enjoying the afternoon in Rotterdam and taking pictures using my Nokia N97.

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I am fond of bridges and took a walk on de Willemsbrug or Williams Bridge, which can be seen from the cubic houses. There were some tourists walking there as well so I didn’t feel so alone.

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Afterward it was a return to the Blaak Station and a trip to China Town for some grocery shopping. It was a long afternoon but an active and fun one.

One of my favorite spot in Rotterdam is at Blaak Station with the cubic houses and the pencil apartment next to it (see video). When the weather is nice there would be a big crowd of people having their lunch or late afternoon drinks with colleagues or friends. It is also a hot spot for tourists to check out the unique cubic houses (Kubus woningen).

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