This morning we met Laille at the train station in Amersfoot. She's got accommodation booked in Amsterdam until Sunday morning, but is coming to stay with us for a couple of nights. We bought a snack at Smeggle which has traditional Dutch take aways. Then we caught the 102 bus back to clear water. From there we walked towards Heidi's house, or at least we thought we were going the right way. After about ten minutes Paul said that he wasn't sure if we were going t...

Today we went into Amsterdam with Daniella and Steve. Daniella drove most of the way and then we caught a tram into the city. We were walking down one of the main streets in Amsterdam when we bumped into Laille. She was meant to come out to Heidi and Frans' house today, but decided to stay in Amsterdam for another night and catch the train to Amersfoot tomorrow. She had a bus tour booked for 2pm so came and had lunch with us first. I had the yummiest hot chocolat...

Today we went for a drive with Danika to a nearby town. Steve wanted to take a photo of a plark in a hotel for his girl friend. Her grandad, who is Canadian had fought in the war with the tanks and apparently there was some monument there. After we found it we went for a walk through the streets. I've the flu with sore ears and throat again so I was hoping to find a pharmacy. We found one in the end so I stocked up on panadol and throaties, as you can't just walk...

This morning we had a big sleep in and got up just before lunch. I was really tired after contiki so was good to catch up on some sleep. Paul's aunty and uncle don't have a toaster so we used the oven. You use the timer on the oven and once the timer has finished it turns the oven off. I think they eat more fresh bread than toasted. There was homemade jam in the fridge so had some of that on my toast. It was yummy. Paul and Steve went for a bike ride in the after...

This morning was one of the most sad and emotional days I've experienced in a long time. The day had come where we had to say goodbye to all our friends that we had meet on our tour. Three of the guys had to catch an early flight to Mykonos. They had said goodbye the night before, but we decided we would get up at meet them downstairs in the lobby at 6.30am to say our final goodbyes. We'd become really close to two of them so it was pretty hard to say goodbye. Th...