It was Kings Day which is the King’s birthday and the Netherlands biggest party of the year…and the Dutch definitely know how to party. At 10:00am we left Amsterdam Centraal Station and wandered out into the city. The streets were already packed with people dressed in orange.There were rummage sales and music on practically every street. We walked through the Jordaan area first before making our way to Vondel …
Our flight was almost 40 minutes late. We had a great view of Toronto in the late evening sun. The Wow flights are pretty basic (you don’t even get water) but they got me to where I needed to go. I had no one sitting beside me on either flight which led me to question the effectiveness of my antiperspirant. I slept through both flights. I enjoyed the aerial …
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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 …