Amsterdam

Yes, we're in Amsterdam! It's amazing, really, to think all of these places I've heard about, read about, are so close. Of course it didn't seem so close yesterday, with the train delays it ended up being about a 9 hour trip door to door from home to the hotel, but all in all it wasn't an unpleasant journey.

We're using our Eurail Global Passes to travel and we have to make reservations for the international trips. This week we had some challenges getting seats from Heidelberg to Amsterdam, but Julia worked it out at the train station. Heidelberg to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf to Ultrecht, Ultrecht to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, and shuttle bus from Schiphol to the hotel. Even though we were about 30 minutes late departing Frankfurt, and another 30 minute late departing Duesseldorf, we still had a pretty smooth trip.

We're staying at the Hotel Schiphol A4, a 4-start hotel about 10-15 minutes from the airport. We're in a 'quad room' which is kind of intriguing. In standard configuration it has sleeping for 4 in one big room, with the toilette/water closet off the main room. Sparsely furnished but roomy, and they added a fifth bed - so we're all in one big room, but it's just two nights and we're not here for the hotel. :)



Today we're headed for Keukenhof http://www.keukenhof.com/ to take in the colors of 7 million bulbs during their Summer Bulb Weekend, it's gonna be a lot of fun!