Celine Chiam | Singapore Lifestyle, Beauty and Travel Blogger: travel

5/06/2015

After reading (hopefully you did!) my 7D6N Taiwan Itinerary and discovering all the hidden good food in Taiwan , I’m pretty sure…

5/06/2015

5/03/2015

Enough of procastinating. I still have my vlog for taiwan trip not done but I have to first pack my luggage for my Bangkok trip tomorr…

5/03/2015

4/25/2015

Think of this: there’s so many kinds of food in Taiwan, it’s impossible for you to try them all in one single trip. I’ve b…

4/25/2015

4/15/2015

If you have been following me on my instagram, you would have probably known by now that I was on a Taiwan trip! Instagram’s caption …

4/15/2015

11/07/2014

Italy is best known for their gastronomical offerings – Savoury pasta, wood-fire oven baked pizza and of course, their sweet delectable…

11/07/2014

8/03/2014

Srd Hill in Dubrovnik Before I start penning down the things to do to make sure your Croatia vacation goes on smoothly, I have to inf…

8/03/2014

7/31/2014

Throughout my travelling around Europe, I haven’t been staying in hostels, not to even say hotels because I was either staying …

7/31/2014

Throughout my travelling around Europe, I haven’t been staying in hostels, not to even say hotels because I was either staying at my friends’ places, or I was couch-surfing. From there, I knew that my travelogue contents will be missing out on accommodation, because I simply have nothing to review about on the accommodation in Europe in general. But then again, I have something in return – a trend that is up and coming, Couchsurfing.  I remember I once had a conversation with a lady from California. We were on the city night line train from Munich to Florence and I was alone. We started chatting with each other and she started asking if I stay in hostels when I travel because she’s worried for her daughter’s safety when she stays in hostels (gosh imagine what I was thinking in my mind when I hear her worrying about hostels. CS must be so much more unacceptable to her). In fact, I wasn’t surprised at all when she was so shocked to hear that I do couchsurfing. What’s Couchsurfing?



7/16/2014

Hello everyone!  I’m back with a really short post to share what are usually my road trip essentials when I travel. Right no…

7/16/2014

7/04/2014

Time really passes so quickly, it’s been 4 months since I left Singapore. Almost feels like it was only yesterday I arrived at my stu…

7/04/2014

6/04/2014

Ryanair is my best friend for travelling  It’s been a while since I’m away for my student exchange. I’ve been travelling …

6/04/2014

5/28/2014

Day 3 – Amsterdam  Finally, a day all to myself, alone! Solo travelling is one therapeutic session to me. I enjoyed it a lot because…

5/28/2014

 Finally, a day all to myself, alone! Solo travelling is one therapeutic session to me. I enjoyed it a lot because I can choose to walk at my own pace, go wherever I prefer without accommodating to friends. That said, there’s always cons of it. For instance, you couldn’t share food well that’s not THAT bad especially when I love food so much, I can finish them all by myself hahaha.  Okay jokes aside, let’s see what’s on for third day in Amsterdam! Because I had to catch the train in the evening, I left my luggage at the Amsterdam Centraal station baggage lockers. It costs 5.3€ for 24 hours, which is slightly more expensive compared to places like Belgium and Austria. But leaving your luggage in the lockers really save you a lot of trouble carrying it around. 

Albert Cuyp Market.

 I then slowly make my way to the Albert Cuyp Market. It is situated quite far away from the Central station (15-25mins), and you can easily save time by taking a tram there. But since I would like to take a stroll around Amsterdam, and save some money (Amsterdam transportation is very expensive), I decided to walk instead. Did passed by some nice views and shops!  My slow walk took about an hour to reach there, which is a bit exaggerating because like I said, I enjoy walking very slowly when alone! Before I arrived, my stomach already got very excited. Albert Cuyp Market is like a pasamalam here! Food, clothes & little stuff are all for sale. Most importantly, I got to try 2 of Amsterdam’s local food – poffertjes and haring! Now that I mention haring, I am missing it so much! The raw fish (completely raw) tasted very savory. It has a very mushy and soft texture, which not many people would enjoy. But for me, I’ve always like raw food like sashimi, so it was a treat to my tummy. Yum yum harring!

I also tried the Amsterdam poffertjes, which turns out to be simple pancakes, in bite-size portions. But the combinations of icing sugar sprinkled on top of the poffertjes make it a great sugary snack. 


After a good lunch at Albert Cuyp Market, I slowly make my way to Nieuwmarkt, another place with flea market. Here, you don’t find much food stalls but lots of souvenirs and collectibles on sale. 
Nothing much appealed to me but according to my friends, you can find quite a bit of old treasures here, like posters or souvenirs! 
Finally, it’s time to head to the Centraal station to catch my night train back to Munich. 

Banketbakkerij van der Linde

If you’re near the Dam Square, you MUST try the Banketbakkerij ice cream! 

Banketbakkerij  store front

And of course, having my last fries indulgence before I leave Amsterdam 🙁 Apparently this is one of the famous frites store from Belgium. 

5/19/2014

Day 2  The second day was my favourite because at the later part, I went to the Zaanse Schans with windmills and it was a total e…

5/19/2014

5/14/2014

Somehow I’ve been neglecting this blog really too much, not my usual style.  That’s really because I’ve been too busy…. tr…

5/14/2014