The next morning the marketing and economics group were scheduled to go to a different city called Rotterdam. We went through the fastest train to Rotterdam. The weather was wonderful that day. After reaching there we went to the bike station to rent bikes. I rode bikes on the roads of Rotterdam which was an adventurous and fun experience. Then through our bikes we went to the place where a huge cruise boat was waiting for us. We took the stairs and sat close to the railing of the boat named Spido(1919). The duration of the tour was 75minutes.
Gradually the huge boat started to move the first thing we saw was the Erasmusbrug Bridge, the audio guide then elaborated that this bridge connects north and south parts of Rotterdam. It seemed like Rotterdam is Amsterdam’s downtown to me.
The city life, busy with all the cool looking buildings, hi-tech architectural view, ports, business ventures etc convinced me to consider Rotterdam a place to come back again on my wish list. As the boat moved forward I saw one more bridge which was red in color which is called the Willemsbrug Bridge. This bridge connects the northern part of the city with Noordereiland and Feijenoord. There was a blue building named Rijkswaterstaat that maintains all the construction, design, infrastructure facilities of the country. Then we saw the highest tower in Netherlands which is Euromast. It is a tv tower where one can get a 360 degree view from the inside of the tower. Euromast also got luxury hotel rooms, restaurants etc in it.
Close to the Euromast there was a floating Chinese restaurant and the design of the restaurant looked so gorgeous from the boat. We saw the largest port in Europe which is the port of Rotterdam. This port is known for being the busiest port after Singapore and Shanghai. While looking around all the giant buildings one cute but huge cruise ship snatched my attention. It was written AIDAperla on it and I researched a little and got to know that it’s the newest and most modern cruise ship of that company. Also I got to see a glimpse of the Hotel New York where formerly the head office of Holland Amerika line was. At the end of the tour a huge ship was standing still named Rotterdam. And then the audio guide explained a bit about this huge ship. This ship is called the SS Rotterdam. It is a former flagship of the Holland-America line which sailed the seven seas. Now it is one of the attractions of Rotterdam tourists. It is now open for all as it turned itself into a luxurious hotel now. After the boat ride we took our bikes and headed to explore Rotterdam a bit more. While passing I was the Cube Houses near the station Blaak and the architectural view amused me and also the market hall. We were super hungry so we stopped by and ate lunch at fancy Dutch restaurant. Then returned our bikes and came back before dinner through the fastest train again.
