Last day in Amsterdam

Having moved our flight time forward to 2pm, we calculated we needed to leave for the airport on the 11am bus. With this in mind, we ate breakfast and packed our little cases. Despite them being small cases that fitted … Read more

Amsterdam boat tour

Due to the length of time the night parade took to move all the floats along the parade route, we didn’t get back to the airport until after the last bus had returned to the hotel. Consequently, the first thing … Read more

Amsterdam by night

Our day began with a hearty buffet breakfast. The choice of breakfast items was very different from the Spanish hotels we’ve stayed in elsewhere. They had the usual selection of breads (commonly found in continental hotels), pastries (inc croissant, pain-au-chocolat, … Read more

Welcome to Amsterdam!

I’ll skip through the first parts really quickly, strap yourself in, here we go!Arrive at Amsterdam airport, through security, find the free shuttle bus to the hotel (6 mins from the airport), and drop off bags at the hotel. We … Read more