6/19/2009
Amsterdam
Well, sorry I have not blogged. There was a lot going on. We docked in Amsterdam very early and had to get off the ship by 7:30am! We had a very adventurous day. We had to get our luggage to the airport so we would not be dragging it around all day. We got to the airport via tram and got our luggage checked in ok. KLM is very deceptive. They say only one checked at 22kg and they mean it, but you can carry on 2 bags and they do not weigh them which the website gives a restrictions. We ended up shipping one of our bags via courier because it was cheaper than paying KLM their outrages rate to have an extra bag. We then stored our carryon’s in a locker and took the train into Amsterdam. Now that city is different. We did not really have enough time to do much sightseeing, so we just walked around and looked. Even in the non Red Light District there is a lot of inappropriate things to see. Not a good place to take children we figured out quickly. We did stop to eat and drink a beer at a neat restaurant, and to go to the bathroom. Bathrooms in Europe are not as plentiful and most seem to cost if you are not a patron of the place. Of course we did walk through the Red Light District during the day light. Not that is an interesting area. I will keep this pg so we will have to explain in person more if you want.
We then decided to get back to the airport. We stopped at a little bar and had a beer and bathroom stop. It was fun. Amsterdam airport is huge. The flight was on an incredibily small plane, but was ok. Once in Birmingham we went to the convention site and got checked in. With the Rotary badge all trains and busses in Birmingham are free. We then hauled our luggage to the train and worked to figure that out to get to our hotel. We ask a lot of questions to make sure we are doing the right thing and doing it quicker. We got to the train station in the city centre where we are staying and still had to get to the hotel. We did find it after taking the long way around. Our hotel is great. It is more like an apartment. It has a bedroom, bathroom and open living room/kitchen. We did go eat pizza for dinner and then to bed early since we had been moving all day.
Calvin & Dawndra
Amsterdam
Well, sorry I have not blogged. There was a lot going on. We docked in Amsterdam very early and had to get off the ship by 7:30am! We had a very adventurous day. We had to get our luggage to the airport so we would not be dragging it around all day. We got to the airport via tram and got our luggage checked in ok. KLM is very deceptive. They say only one checked at 22kg and they mean it, but you can carry on 2 bags and they do not weigh them which the website gives a restrictions. We ended up shipping one of our bags via courier because it was cheaper than paying KLM their outrages rate to have an extra bag. We then stored our carryon’s in a locker and took the train into Amsterdam. Now that city is different. We did not really have enough time to do much sightseeing, so we just walked around and looked. Even in the non Red Light District there is a lot of inappropriate things to see. Not a good place to take children we figured out quickly. We did stop to eat and drink a beer at a neat restaurant, and to go to the bathroom. Bathrooms in Europe are not as plentiful and most seem to cost if you are not a patron of the place. Of course we did walk through the Red Light District during the day light. Not that is an interesting area. I will keep this pg so we will have to explain in person more if you want.
We then decided to get back to the airport. We stopped at a little bar and had a beer and bathroom stop. It was fun. Amsterdam airport is huge. The flight was on an incredibily small plane, but was ok. Once in Birmingham we went to the convention site and got checked in. With the Rotary badge all trains and busses in Birmingham are free. We then hauled our luggage to the train and worked to figure that out to get to our hotel. We ask a lot of questions to make sure we are doing the right thing and doing it quicker. We got to the train station in the city centre where we are staying and still had to get to the hotel. We did find it after taking the long way around. Our hotel is great. It is more like an apartment. It has a bedroom, bathroom and open living room/kitchen. We did go eat pizza for dinner and then to bed early since we had been moving all day.
Calvin & Dawndra
Good thing we will get to see you in July, I want to hear that story in person...hear what the city is really all about! :-) Glad ya'll are having fun!
ReplyDeleteKorey