We took tram 16 from Centraal Station to the stop just in front of the van Gogh Museum. It is an amazing modern construction containing his art and many masters of his time. van Gogh lived from 1853 to 1890 when he committed suicide while suffering from depression, just released from a psychiatric institution. He had many friends that were maste...

Today started with another fine breakfast and similar cool conditions- +15, no rain though.As far as the headache goes, there wasn't one from the pipe smoking last night! We made our way along the Centraal Station walk around Sint Nikolaaskerk to the weeping tower (where wives used to wave off their hubbies to sea before going into the red light...

On the flight, the leg room was less than I would like, but with the "blow up" neck pillows we have helped us manage. We arrived at Amsterdam Shirpol Airport on time and disembarked to a bit of cool and spitting rain- 16 deg. We found our hotel Multatuli directly across from the Amsterdam Central train station after taking a 20 minute/8Euro ride...