Netherlands
August 22nd, 2008 , 14:30
We are heading for the wilds of The Netherlands. After work yesterday headed home and finished packing, watering the plants, general tidying, then got the train to Liverpool Street Station to start the journey. We took the night ferry from Harwich to Hook van Holland. Very nice with a cabin – we had a cabin for 5 people! It was nice to sleep on the way though didn’t sleep much for some reason. Got to Hook and found out we’d have to change trains in Rotterdam. I’m sure we used to get a direct train from Hook to Amsterdam, but it’s been so many years since I’ve done this trip I can’t really remember.
We decided to stop in Rotterdam to have a look around and some breakfast. Ended up having a late breakfast, early lunch after about an hour of walking. Either Rotterdam doesn’t have much in the way of tourist stuff or we managed to completely miss it all! But the waterfront is lovely and we had a very nice lunch. It started pouring it down with rain while we were eating so we dragged out lunch as long as possible. Still got soaked heading back to the train.
Train to Amsterdam then a very long walk to the hotel. Quite a nice hotel, Dikker & Thijs Fenice. We’re off to meet a friend for dinner later. Then tomorrow get the car and head off into the Netherlands.
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