Tagged: amsterdam

The Trip Home

I left Amsterdam at 9pm yesterday and caught the megabus home.  The first part of the strip was ok, I watched a bit of TV and enjoyed the views of the Netherlands at night and then fell asleep until we reached the ferry terminal, at which point we were all...

Tourist For A Day

I’m not really that keen on going to see a lot of tourist sites, but Steph had kindly done the hard work for me and picked to locations she thought I would enjoy, so I set off nice and early to walk into Amsterdam for the day.  I’d decided to...

Some Peace And Quiet

Yesterday Steph and I spent a lot of time in the city, we chose a river walk because it was quieter, but even then Amsterdam is a hectic city.  Walking around you need to be constantly on your guard, fully aware of the cars and bikes that surround you in...

Birthday In Amsterdam

It was Steph’s birthday today, last year she spent her birthday in Japan, this year it was Amsterdam but at least I was with her today.  I had a good nights sleep last night and woke about 8am, I’d bought breakfast with me so I had that sitting in front...

My First Real Day In Amsterdam

  I’ve been to Amsterdam several times, but always in business and I’ve never really had the chance to get a feel for the place.  I arrived yesterday by megabus.com and Steph met me off the coach.  It was incredibly nice to be greeted as I was quite nervous and...

Heading To Amsterdam

I’ve had a fantastic day today which has really surprised me as I was very nervous about spending a day on a bus.  Jennie dropped me off at Preston Victoria at 1:30 and we left about an hour later as our bus was running late, but there were plenty of...