Just finished our first museum. Now we’re off to the Amsterdam Museum.
Netherlands
At 10:30am, we finally landed at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam. After a short train ride to Central Station, we boarded a tram to take us to our home for the week, a houseboat on the canal. We had to wait until 2PM until we could check in so we wandered around the city. The weather was fantastic so we walked along the many canals that surrounded us By the time it was...
After going over the menu, I decided on the ravioli. Eduardo had the chicken. First up was the appetizer, salmon. It was excellent. Inside the colored box was the butter, salt and pepper and salad dressing. Dessert was a choice of fruit, raspberry mousse, cheese plate or chocolate tart. I had the chocolate tart with fruit and Eduardo had the mousse. After dinner...
Finally on the plane in our comfy HUGE seats. Just got served champagne as I’m typing this in a real glass! Next stop Amsterdam!
We got to the airport around 11:45am and the KLM counters weren’t open yet. So we wandered around a bit and Eduardo had a snack. About 12:30pm, we got back to the KLM counters to find a big check-on line. We got behind the rest of the pack for a couple minutes before I said “Let’s move over to this other line”. I grabbed the luggage cart and...
Well, it’s FINALLY June 1st! It seems like forever since we booked the flights and started planning this thing. Twenty-one days of sun, surf and sand…oh wait, that’s the tropics. Ok, 21 days of grey, rain, and the hopes some sunshine and heat. We’re packed and ready to go. Our neighbor has kindly offered to drop us off...