{"id":582,"date":"2009-08-13T12:44:20","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T16:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/?p=582"},"modified":"2011-02-07T23:55:46","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T04:55:46","slug":"travelogue-part-2-insomnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/13\/travelogue-part-2-insomnia\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelogue Part 2 \u2013 Insomnia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love life, engage in it, give it all you\u2019ve got. Love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it \u2013 Maya Angelou.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can\u2019t recall when was the last time I actually slept for 6 hours or so. The max was 3 hours. For months. It was grueling. And was about to be even more nightmarish \":)\" The flight from Orlando to Amsterdam, though pleasant, I could not sleep a wink!<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Clear\n\t

Clear blue sky!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\t\"Gazing\n\t

Gazing into Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Arrived at Amsterdam Schiphol<\/a> Airport on 17th Feb 2009, at 11:30am. It\u2019s freaking chilly! As I make my way towards the baggage carousel, I realized that I did not know which carousel would have my luggage. So, the panicky girl I am \u2013 I panicked! Calm down Kiran, there is nothing to worry about. So what if these people spoke more Dutch than English?<\/em> I approached an officer on duty, and with a sigh of relief, he explained to me where I would get my carousel information. In English! Yay! Hail O\u2019 Netherlanders!<\/p>\n

I claimed my luggage and walk towards customs and security, with a breeze. It was a \u201ctouch and go\u201d security. At God\u2019s speed. Har*, Jessy* & Tas** was constantly on sms with me, awaiting for my arrival. Very sweet of them \ud83d\ude42 Meeting them \u2013 with teary eyes, laughter & smiles \u2013 after a very long time. Bitter sweet reunion. Thank god Jessy brought a jacket and scarf for me. It\u2019s freakishly cold! What\u2019s wrong with the EU weather? It was chilly, dark and gloomy.<\/p>\n

\n\t\"Jessy\n\t

Jessy & Tas's apartment \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

We headed towards Jessy & Tas\u2019s apartment, where I was greeted with warmth<\/em> from the heater and amazing scent of home made food. Pure bliss. We ate, laughed, shared stories and exchanged gifts for one another. Though extremely exhausted \u2013 not sleepy \u2013 the feeling of content<\/em>, being surrounded by family are beyond words.<\/p>\n

18th February 2009 \u2013 We decided to stay put at home due to my lack of sleep, exhaustion and jet lag. The next day was my next direct flight, and this time, the destination would be Malaysia \u2013 Truly Asia. I barely slept at all \":)\" Perhaps due to excitement?<\/p>\n

Part 3 coming up, stay tuned!<\/p>\n

\u2026<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to read my previous Travelogue\u2019s.<\/p>\n

* my sister\u2019s<\/p>\n

** my brother in-law<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Love life, engage in it, give it all you\u2019ve got. Love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it \u2013 Maya Angelou. I can\u2019t recall when was the last time I actually slept for 6 hours or so. The max was 3 hours. For months. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[37,198,273,306,311,318,367,430,498],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travels","tag-amsterdam","tag-flight","tag-insomnia","tag-luggage","tag-malaysia","tag-maya-angelou","tag-orlando","tag-schiphol-airport","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pBcTv-9o","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3229,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions\/3229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}