Blogs from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe - page 164

So a quick update: We jetted out of Egypt pretty quickly after a overnight train, a plane ride, a sleep in an airport, and another plane ride we landed back in London....home of Shawn's favourite metro system.....we spent a couple days in London saw Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, the London bridge but decided it was way too expensive to stay there for a month so we headed to the nearest cheapest place....AMSTERDAM!!! (not our first choice we thought we'd do Ireland....but that turned out to be way to expensive too) So here we are hanging otu in amsterdam....we've seen the van gogh museum and the heinken experience.....did alot of walking around....we are both pretty poor so we can't do too much! So were off to London tomorrow...going to a few ARt galleries when we get there ... read more

When you’re traveling alone and check in for a flight you never know who you’re going to end up next to. That’s why I always check in early and choose the window seat. If nothing else, you can look out the window, admire the view. Sometimes you get lucky and end up to someone who can keep you nice company during the flight, making the time goes faster. However, the short - one hour - flight between Amsterdam and Copenhagen isn’t exactly the ideal trip to make long term friends with strangers, so a lot of people try to use the time to make up some sleep and take a nap. This is exactly what the young girl next to me decided to do. Will never know her name, but found out she’s from Alkmaar north ... read more

So we're leaving. Off to Prague by bus. tonight. We were supposed to pick up a rental car for 600 euro...apparently in the Netherlands, that translates to 2100 euro...What the crap is that all about! So, we are taking a bus to Prague. I will explain more later! (it wasn't all bad...but I will explain more when I am safe inside of what once was the EASTERN BLOC!!!)... read more

What a nightmare finding our hotel today!! We got into the station from Franfurt at 1 but didn't get the hotel until 4. The directions we had were horrible, and everyone we asked told us there were no hotels around there. It's literally miles from the center of town. We had to take the tram almost to the end of the line. On the plus side, once we found it it turned out to be a beautiful brand-new hotel,,,very classy, so totally unlike what we're used to!! They have bikes right there so that's what the plan is for tomorrow evening; tomorrow during the day we'll hit the museums and go out to the countryside when it cools down. Amsterdam is quaint, much bigger than I thought it would be and dangerous. The bicycle riders give ... read more

I'm going to cheat on the date here a little bit..and my actual location. I'm technically in Paris but I'm going to write about Brussels and Amsterdam first because I didn't get a chance to while I was there. I figured I'd catch everyone up a little bit. Last Tuesday my Dad and Margaret met Brent and I in Brussels. He had to be there all week for a business meeting and we all managed to cross paths at the same time. It was great to see them and update them on my trip with a few more animated stories about Romania. I tried oysters for the first and last time. If you enjoy falling off your boogie board and eating the beach on your way down than I highly recommend giving them a try. It's ... read more