So, with the dayhome closing and another new chapter beginning, J and I set out, yet again, on a summer adventure! Summer 2010 was to be a big one! We decided on Wednesday that we were actually going to do the trip and we left Friday morning - a 49 day trip planned in a day and a half!
So, after 7 airplanes, 2 sleeper trains, 5 ferries, numerous taxis and cars, countless metros and buses, 1 camel, 13 hotel rooms, 6 countries and 49 days away from home - here are some highlights.
After our almost 9 hour flight, we landed. Customs was easy enough in Amsterdam, receiving my first stamp in my new passport! We were directed to a platform in the Central Terminal, to catch our train to the city. After a short time, chatting with another couple on a near-empty train, we discovered that we were headed in the wrong direction - Eindhoven not being our destination. Grabbing our backpacks, we disembarked at the next stop and caught a train in the right direction - Amsterdam!
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| Beautiful canal system...loving the narrow, tall homes. |
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| Loved all the houseboats. |
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| Very interesting shapes and sizes! |
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| An actual bicycle parkade! |
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| Thousands of bikes! |
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| Quaint homes, all in row. |
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| A brick houseboat. |
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| Love this...looks ideal! |
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| Morning mist and sunlight hitting the floating flower shop. |
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| Good morning, Amsterdam! |
Life is not a rehearsal....live it fully and completely, with your whole heart and being. No mulligans or redo's or do-overs. I am learning not to dream - but, to LIVE! Making a change, not waiting for one.
