I waiting for the first flight at the beginning of a trip; it means that I’ve survived the last few days of preparing and organizing house, humans and animals for our imminent absence and all I have to do now is sit still and wait. We gave ourselves plenty of time to get to our 9pm, Icelandair flight to Reykjavik, Iceland by leaving our house at 5pm ( rush hour). Fortunately traffic …
Ten pm came quickly. Our riad staff came out with mint tea and almond cookies. We toasted the fact that we had an awesome vacation in Morocco. The riad staff went over and above for our whole stay with them…so friendly and accommodating. The luggage guy with no teeth was right on time to collect our baggage into the cart. He made sure we carried our purses in front …
Final Day of Amsterdam, Sunday, September 2, 2012 Sunday morning and the streets were quiet. It was overcast but in the low 20’s as we walked over to Mike’s Bike Tours. Actually, great biking weather. We decided to take a four hour bike tour into the Dutch countryside. The tour guides were quite funny. After making sure we could all ride and that we knew the rules, we were …
The sun was shining, it was warm. It seems everyone in Amsterdam was out on the streets, biking or soaking up some sun in a sidewalk café. We spent the whole day walking around the city, along the canals and through the markets. It seems that lots of markets pop up on Saturday morning in Amsterdam. If you close your eyes, you can practically tell where you are, be …
