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Day 5-8: Amsterdam and Leiden | Netherlands

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The journey of our 20 days Europe trip continued and the second country we visited a was Netherlands and the third city was Amsterdam one of the amazing city we visited. You can check the previous article to follow us from the beginning of the trip. Europe Travel | 5 Countries, 9 Cities and 20 days | Budget and Trip Plan Day 1-5: Brussels and Antwerp | Belgium The three hours journey started nearly around midday from Brussels in a Bus towards Amsterdam. One of the good things was that there was free WiFi on the bus and I was constantly checking the map to see when I would enter Netherland apart from listening to music. I could see the border approaching in the map and I took a look outside there was no walls or anything as far as I could see. I thought to myself who have seen many walls to mark the boundaries that this is how the world should have been. Sorry for going out of topic but yes this was something beautiful thing that I observed. You will know that yo

Day 1-5: Brussels and Antwerp | Belgium

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The journey started with flying from Lisbon to Brussels on 1st of February. Read More: Europe Travel | 5 Countries, 9 Cities and 20 days | Budget and Trip Plan . Where I have shared our travel plan for 20 days in Europe, describing the total budget and making of plans. On the 1st of February, we arrived at evening around 8 PM in Brussels airport. Selecting Belgium and specifically Brussels, the main reason was I have not been able to see everything in Brussels the first time I went there. My first visit to Brussels was to celebrate Bhutan's National day on 17th December 2016. Belgium is the only country in Europe where Bhutan has its Embassy and a perfect time for me to meet all the Bhutanese people staying around Europe. We were more than 20 and most students who have come to pursue their Master's study. To make a connection to my first visit is that I met the officials from our Embassy and they helped us to get free accommodation during the current visit. We took R

Europe Travel | 5 Countries, 9 Cities and 20 days | Budget and Trip Plan

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Europe has always been my dream to travel. Don't believe me? Ask anyone or at least someone from southeast Asia. Ever since I arrived in Lisbon, Portugal as an Erasmus student I was waiting for this moment. To read more about my Erasmus life visit  Erasmus in Portugal . After studying history and geography, watching movies and documentaries, and listening to stories from others, it was the time for myself to explore beyond. The plan began with me and other three friends to explore the beauty of Europe. Being student it was a good time to enjoy vacation, relief stress and most importantly plan a budget trip. We took around 15 to 20 days to plan and finalize our bookings. We were travelling in February. Yes, you read it right. Apart from college vacation, it was also the period where the transportations are cheap. Regarding transportation, we used them as per their prices from flights, bus and trains. It also depends on the availability of given transportation. Fo