Paris to Amsterdam (Allan's view)
The train ride was lovely if a bit noisy (children :P). Holland reminds me a lot of central Oregon and the Willamette Valley, except that it's very very flat. It's very lush and green with lots and lots of agriculture: farming, sheep, cows.
We are sitting at the "Easy Internet" cafe after having arrived in AMS this gloriously sunny Thursday. It was about 65 degrees when we arrived today and was even warmer than that in Paris yesterday.
Amsterdam is an incredibly charming place. We had yummy pancakes for lunch after checking into the hotel. The hotel is beautiful, though it was a bit frustrating trying to lug heavy bags to it from the train station. We went on a walking tour after lunch through Dam Square where there was a fair going on and then South through Rokin and lots of touristy clothing and jewelry shops. Somehow we ended up near the flower market and wound our way back to the hotel.
After taking a nice nap it was time to get up and moving again. We're doing our internet stuff now, Steve's working on the blog, and I'll add the missing entry for this past Monday in Paris.
He wants to check out the "Other Side" cafe/coffeehouse, then have dinner somewhere. We might go to a bar or two as well. Tomorrow we'll do more touristy stuff: Van Gogh museum, etc. and check out Thermos Day (Steve's favorite sauna :-)).
We are sitting at the "Easy Internet" cafe after having arrived in AMS this gloriously sunny Thursday. It was about 65 degrees when we arrived today and was even warmer than that in Paris yesterday.
Amsterdam is an incredibly charming place. We had yummy pancakes for lunch after checking into the hotel. The hotel is beautiful, though it was a bit frustrating trying to lug heavy bags to it from the train station. We went on a walking tour after lunch through Dam Square where there was a fair going on and then South through Rokin and lots of touristy clothing and jewelry shops. Somehow we ended up near the flower market and wound our way back to the hotel.
After taking a nice nap it was time to get up and moving again. We're doing our internet stuff now, Steve's working on the blog, and I'll add the missing entry for this past Monday in Paris.
He wants to check out the "Other Side" cafe/coffeehouse, then have dinner somewhere. We might go to a bar or two as well. Tomorrow we'll do more touristy stuff: Van Gogh museum, etc. and check out Thermos Day (Steve's favorite sauna :-)).
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