We caught an early train to Breda which is a town in the Netherlands near the Belgian border. It took about 40 minutes. Our friend Martien met us and took us to his home where Jolanda was waiting. Our family became friends with Martien, Jolanda and their children Leonie (currently visiting Berlin), Felix and Alex when we did the Nomad Tour through South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe in …
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 …
The alarm rang at 4:22AM. Graham and I quickly got ourselves together and speed walked to the train station where he got my ticket and helped me board the train to Frankfurt. I went to the airport very early because, as expected, KLM messed up my baggage reservation…again. I won’t get into it….for now. My flight was on time and I met John with no problem at Schipol Airport …
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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