Today, I awoke to a sunny day. Always an early riser, the time change did not have me behaving any differently. Waking up early in big cities is a great thing. Similar to the silent mornings of Buenos Aires, such was the same in Amsterdam. Bikers on their way to work, and just a couple of bakeries open, I headed to the flower market to take som...

After a hard day working we took a tram from the RAI towards the city. We jump off in Prinsgrath and had a walk towards that street. It was beatiful with a lot of art shops and galleries.

It is a long night from Casablanca to Amsterdam. The plane didn't leave the tarmac in Morocco until after 2am, and then you automatically lose an hour due to the time difference. For some reason, they woke us a little after 3.30am to serve a hot breakfast. Then an hour and a bit later you touch down in Frankfurt, running through the airport to f...

Last night I stayed up until 2 again. the jet lag caught up with me this morning,and i slept till like 1030am. Once I got a shower though I was feeling ok and went to the Van Gogh museum. That was interesting, but i was disappointed to find out his masterpiece, Starry Night, was in New York. Those damn American businessmen buy all the good stuff...

We slept in late, going to breakfast at 09.30h. We seem to be the only Americans staying at de la Poste. Breakfast is good - breads, cheese, meats, one egg, a pot of coffee, jams, etc. Our first stop after the meal was the train station, about a twenty minute walk a ways down a pedestrian shopping street. We intended to get our Eurail passes val...