THE NETHERLANDS - DAY 4 Today was a nothing day. We lounged around the apartment. Pasqual watched the coronation of the new Dutch King and the girls played happily in their room. It was so nice not to be rushing from one train to another, or one tour to the next. Pasqual and Grandad went into the main street to find a coin laundry since the apartment didn't come with a washing machine, while the girls did some school work. They came back extremely frozen. Af...

THE NETHERLANDS - DAY 3 We left Rotterdam and travelled by train into Amsterdam. The trains over here are beautiful. We got to sit in first class with lush leather seats, lots of leg room and closed off from other passengers. They colour code their classes, blue is second class and red is first class. While travelling we contacted the appartment where we were staying and found out that we were staying 30 kilometres outside of Amsterdam. We had to hussle as we h...

THE NETHERLANDS - DAY 2 We had a leisurely sleep in and a wonderful breakfast consisting of hot chocolate with whipped cream, eggs and bacon, waffles, pancakes plus the regular things like cereal, toast, etc. After we gorged ourselves we headed off towards the train station for our destination Madurodam in the city of Den Haag (The Hague). Madurodam is a miniature tourist attaction showing Holland's famous buildings, lifestyle, culture etc. There were interacti...

THE NETHERLANDS - DAY 1 We left Brussels and boarded a train bound for Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Angelique found a 1 cent coin at the train station in Brussels and it seemed to bring us luck all day. Pasqual and Grandad spotted the red light district as we left Brussels and were quite astounded by what they saw in the windows. We changed trains in Antwerpen. Very interesting adult sculptures in their train station. We arrived in Rotterdam to wind. We are ba...