Well, they got here and google maps must be better here than they were in Paris!
Get on your bike!!
Oh... Very funny!!
After getting on the train and getting their seats they had a pleasant journey - although quite slow! The train sped from Paris to Brussels - no doubt on the Eurostar line! But after that it slowed down considerably....and there did not seem to be many leaves on the line!
The train was very busy....and it had scheduled stops at Brussels, Anrwerp, Rotterdam and Schipol Airport before reaching Amsterdam Centraal after 3 hours 20 minutes! The only excitement was a child seemingly getting stuck in one of the doors and causing a fuss....but they do not see anything! And there was a lady with a little 6month old baby behind us who was good as gold.
Getting off the train was a bit of a cattle market but once you got a bit of space they soon made it to the exit. He said.....yes....it's a short walk....and...you guessed it.....well....it was actually! All of 8 minutes to the hotel!
It was obvious the budget was spent on the London hotel and the Paris hotel as this was a bit more of a .........come down! It reminds them of some of the motels they had been in in Oz or one or two of the motels they were in in California! The room will encourage them to get out and about!
First impressions can be problematic and having come for London and Paris it is going to be hard to live up to! Perhaps doing the trip the other way round would have been a good idea! But....they got booked in and got to their cell.....sorry......room! Then they went for a walk about the get the lie of the land! It is busy....but seems to have a different atmosphere and feel to Paris and London! Things helped once they had found a canal and that made it feel more special!
Again there seem to be quite a number of dubious areas and it's not often unusual to find a couple of sex shops with a bike rental shop next door!! And then there are the coffee shops.....it is interesting to see some of the passers by taking deep breaths as they go past!
They found somewhere for a couple of drinks before walking more and then having dinner before heading for an early night! I think these says may be a little less full on than the previous days before heading home!
Tomorrow's aim is to book a visit to Anne Frank's and possibly a boat trip on the canals!
Anyway man.....relax......chill out.....be cool!!
Will update more tomorrow....maybe....possibly....yeah man......what was I saying??
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