Amsterdam

A quick 2.5 hour flight to Amsterdam today. Mostly uneventful until we attempted to travel from Amsterdam airport to the hotel.

We got stuck at the exit gates at the train station because we hadn't "tapped on" properly at the departing station (airport). After a stressful 45 mins at the gate we eventually were able to purchase tickets online and scan them to get out...very difficult and stressful.

After escaping the confines of the train station, we had a 700m walk to the hotel...simple we thought. No such luck. The path that Google Maps took us ended up being a dead end due to roadworks, so we had to take a detour which made the trip closer to 1 km. Needless to say we were buggered by the time we arrived at the hotel after dragging the suitcases over some very rough pavements...amazed the suitcase wheels survived the journey!

Looking forward to our 18 day tour of Europe which starts at the hotel in the morning...Read more