First Day in Amsterdam

Whoa- what a first day. Usually I'd break it into parts but since I was delirious from lack of sleep, I'm just going to wrap it up in one big shot. We started the day at around 7am and our room wasn't ready as anticipated. So we hit the streets and man did we walk. About 10 miles all told by the time the day was over at 11:30 pm as I write this. We quickly found out that most places don't open till 9 or 10 so it was like walking around on a Sunday morning. Finally around noon we were crashing badly and called the hotel and hoofed it back and then zonked for about 3 hrs before having our group meeting at 6.

Seems like a nice friendly group and tour director is great so those are good signs!

We then headed back out on the streets again for a casual stroll to find dinner and then to visit the Anne Frank House. Dinner was so so. One of those times when you too tired to care! I'm going to post a number of photos in general and will try to caption later.

One thing for sure we noticed during our stay in Amsterdam was the sheer number of bicycles and I’m telling you - you pay attention and learn to swivel your head constantly or you are going to get run over! For a bit more on the Amsterdam bike scene, check out this article - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10…

If you want to get around on the metro in Amsterdam, then check out this site -https://www.amsterdamtips.com/transport-ticketsRead more