We were planning to ride bike out to Zaanse Schans today but it was raining to hard so we caught the train. The windmills are pretty iconic for the Netherlands so it was good to find some still in existence and still working. There is also a small town of original buildings. The whole area is 3m below sea level. Dykes hold the sea away but if the sea levels rise due to climate change they will be in trouble. After returning to Amsterdam (no small feat because th...

We went looking for a grocery store this morning as we had no milk or cereal for breakfast. We found one a short distance away and bought breakfast and dinner food. After breakfast we walked towards Amsterdam. We thought of going to the Anne Frank house but it is booked out for 2 1/2 months. We continued walking and found the information centre at the train station. A poor excuse for an information centre. Very scant information. Maps of the city cost €2.5! Not...

Gavin sat next to the tallest person I have seen on the plane. We had extra legroom seats which he certainly needed!! The plane arrived only slightly later than it should have. I had public transport sorted out for Amsterdam to get to our accommodation. We only had one hiccup which occurred when the train which was expected before ours was running late. The trouble was it didn't show up on the board until after the train was in the station and it was only as it w...

Today we fly to Amsterdam at 5:25pm. We have packed our luggage and are ready to leave about 3pm to catch the train to the airport. In the meantime we went to the bus stop to catch the bus from Copenhagen to Malmö in Sweden. A 1 hour return trip. The bus didn't arrive so we walked into Copenhagen to visit the Round House which is a very old building that has a ramp made of bricks instead of steps inside to get to the top. On each level there were displays showin...

Today started out like the last few days with persistent rain. We braved the elements (I had bought my umbrella so was pretty dry) to explore Copenhagen. Gavin was overheating in his rain gear so first stop was an umbrella for him. Fortunately not hard to find. There are many busts of academics outside the university and many statues in the city of various famous people. We were planning on visiting the famous Tivoli Gardens but it was too wet so will go back to...