Velvet Amsterdam Bed and Breakfast
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North wind blowing
... buy her a bigger and warmer beanie to assist with the weather ahead.
Walked back to the boat by pedestrian shopping lanes and were pleased to see the locals were struggling with the colder weather as well.
Checked out Central Railway Station at the harbour end of town ( and reasonably close to our boat) as we have decided to catch the train to the airport tomorrow. We have most of the day so this seems like an economical alternative (13E and 20 min) to ...
Better Late Than Never--21 Days of Adventures
... often than cars, the streets are always lively and full of people, and I swear 80% of the population should just up and quit their jobs and become models--honestly, hoping that some of that European gorgeousness finds a way to rub off on me this year--wouldn't mind that souvenir! If you ever get the chance, take a trip to Amsterdam if only for a few days! Thanks to my dad and our simply testing things out, I already have some recommendations:
- visit the ...
Free day in Amsterdam
Today was our free day, I decided not to sleep in as I wanted to see Anne Frank's house and the line gets really busy so we go there when it opened to avoid delays. The house was really interesting to see, it was actually larger than I pictured, I thought it would be more cramped and have less space in each room, mind you if 2 families were living in there it would be hard to get privacy. The rooms were bare, no furniture just information on the walls. Seeing her ...
Low Country Livin' (Part 1)
... for the Oerol ("Everything") Festival being held there, but logistically it would take more than the half-day I had to ride a train to the northern coast and catch the ferry leaving the mainland for a two-hour sail. So, I decided I would try and meet them the following day, especially because there are worse places than Amsterdam to be stuck for an evening.
In fact, Amsterdam is probably my favorite city in Europe. I’d been there more than ...
Van Gogh & diamonds
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At 6pm we do an Emergency practice run although our assembly point is the Lounge as it is drizzling with rain and they want to keep us happy on our first night. The drill is pretty basic and straightforward - meet on the sundeck if the alarm goes off and we will give you life jackets but as we are a river vessel we wont sink anyway as its too shallow. Hendrik the Cruise Director then does his Introduction talk and its obvious he has done it many ...
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