Wednesday 18th September Today was our last morning in Amsterdam and it was another glorious morning. Our host, Claire, later told us that Amsterdam had already broken the record for the highest number of sunny days. The weather had been beautiful for our whole stay so we were most thankful. Our train to Bruges didn’t… More

Wednesday 18th September. Today was our last full day in Amsterdam and we’re sorry to be leaving so soon as we feel we have only scratched the surface of this beautiful city. Mark has been a bit grumpy seeing all the peeps cycling without joining in so I sent him off on a 4-hour bike… More

Monday 17th September I slept poorly and was awake from 3.30 am so that shaped much of my day. We took a morning walk though and then headed out to visit the Van Gough Museum followed by the Rijkmuseum. After these, we bought a combined Bus and Canal ‘Hop On-Hop Off’ tour 24 hour ticket… More

Sunday 16th September Our days normally start with a morning walk but our late sleep-in put that out for today. Our morning walking tour started at 11 am and so we focused on making that our goal for the morning; that and a load of washing. Our guide for the tour was Sergio again and,… More

Friday 14th – Saturday 15th September 2018. Our flight from Sydney left at 10.15 am on Friday 14th and we made it to Amsterdam at around 7 am on Saturday 15th. That might seem fairly quick to you but it was a rather drawn out affair for us due to the 6 hour layover in… More