Monday 19 October O sleep why dost thou leave me! By the time we've had breakfast I'm exhausted. At least breakfast is nice. I have French toast and hot chocolate. We walk to the closest hop on hop off bus stop and wait. Today we do the official route. We get off at the last stop and walk around the streets. Lots of things don't open to 11 or 12 because they stay open so late. There are street sweepers with twig brooms. We go to the flower market but it's most...

Sunday 18 October Check out isn't till 12pm so it's great to have a relaxing morning. We can hear the rain on the roof. We book further accommodation. Vienna next weekend! We have to race through the countries. Otherwise we won't see as much. Russia and china stole a month of Europe time. We eat from the remains if our supplies the pack up and walk through the rain to the train station. The train ride passes so quick and we are back in Amsterdam wondering how to...

Saturday 17 October Big fat square pillows. Not my favourite for sure! After we get up and eat delicious falafel pita's we head out and walk around the town some more. We walk along the canal's and see our first windmill. And also houseboats. There is a market happening. It's always interesting to see what's being sold and how. Pillows and mattresses, sausage, cheese and fries, dried fruit and nuts, clothes, underwear and electronics. Back at the hostel we watch...

Friday 16 October We get woken up by a knock at the door. It's a guy checking who we are and giving directions. We get up and get packed and move to the warm dining room/kitchen with wifi. A good move. It's a grey damp day. We check out but stick to the kitchen for a while. Looking at places we want to go. Then trying to squish then all into the remaining days! It's not actively raining when we head to the train. It's nice to be out and see the countryside. They...

Thursday 15 October It's nice to have a lie in morning. We get up and have breakfast in the kitchen and then come back to pack our things up and put them in storage. First stop: the greyfriers graveyard to see bobby and jacks grave. It's a high cloud, grey day. Next stop the castle. We go as far as we can without a ticket and check out the gift store and info centre. That done we second hand shop browse. There are 11 stores on the one street and a lot of them ...