Mercure Hotel Amsterdam

... guy we had a drink with was from Paris.  Small world. We decided to take a nap once we got to the hotel and it turned into a 4 hour nap.  We are still adjusting to the time change and hope to wake up before noon tomorrow so ...

... , a lot of walking and meeting some nice security people (and not so nice information booth lady) we checked in to the Schiphol Mercure Hotel. Nice little clean rooms with no windows which is ideal as it is dark and you get a good sleep. This morning, as ...

Due to the lateness of the start we missed our afternoon trip into Amsterdam. Not letting anything stop us we caught a cab with friends to see what Amsterdam was all about. Lots of ladies and ladyboys in the windows plus copious amounts of weed growing in ...

... ve bought a new flight from Lima to Cuzco on 12th June at 05:40, so when I get to Lima tomorrow, I've to book into a hotel, chill overnight, get my flight to Cuzco, book into another hotel, and then meet the rest of the group on 13th June. Positives: ...

... said our goodbyes again and Pat & I headed off down the highway towards Essen which was about a 2-1/2 hour drive from Amsterdam. The drive was pretty much uneventful until we started getting close to the Ruhr industrial area and traffic started to get ...

... to use the toilet (even in Macca’s). Germany is a very pretty place. We had a good but long day, arriving at our hotel at 8pm for dinner. We are finding Europe very expensive….Scotch and coke was 7.50 Euro or $13 AUD…water is generally ...

... hotel. Eventually, after weaving around for about 30 minutes, we stumbled upon the train station, which meant we were close to the hotel (Mercure Hotel for EUR 122/night). It was now around 2:00 so we dropped off our bags and headed into town. I had ...

... nbsp;and many others   We head down to to the red light district at night and the place is like a little Amsterdam. There are prostitutes openly walking the streets and the back lot bars are filled with artsy people and professionals (and the ...

... D'Azur by dawn's early light - gorgeous! Once again unable to check in until 1pm so left our bags at the Hotel - the Mercure Grimaldi which is very nice (Kitsa's travel agent friend recommended it) and killed the time by writing some postcards and ...

... . By 9:00 am we were on the road and of course as soon as I got behind the wheel on a major street in Amsterdam, there were motorcycles zooming in and out of traffic, pedestrians crossing at any time and any place and many delivery trucks stopping the ...