As we are writing this we are on the train to Berlin, having spent a great 3 nights in Amsterdam. We arrived on Tuesday, around midday, feeling that the journey had gone very quickly, only to find a 2 hour queue for reserving seats on the train journey we are currently on. However, once that was out of the way, we made our way to the Hans Brinker Budget Hostel, self-declared 'worst hotel in the world'. In fact it was perfect for what we needed, clean, relatively comfortable beds, big lockers to store our bags, and a quite tasty free breakfast. It's 'anti-advertising' posters were a source of amusement for us each day. After dropping off our bags, we decided to go and explore the city, we wandered around for hours, going in and out of
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