We left the wind and rain in Amsterdam and travelled to Utrecht by train. Utrecht is a small university town with a very young and sophisticated vib with lots of shops, restaurants and bars. The city is ancient with many wonderful buildings, churches and cobblestone paved streets. Similar to Amsterdam (and all towns/cities in Holland) there is a network of canals winding thru the centre of the town, which enabled commerce in centuries past. This past week we us...

Amsterdam in the fall can be wet, very wet, windy, windy and wet, also cold and damp.......did I mention windy and wet? Amsterdam has a completely disagreeable climate in the fall. Umbrella manufacturers do their product testing in Amsterdam in October. An umbrella that can withstand an Amsterdam October is the "gold standard" against which all umbrellas are measured. Today ( 50-70km/hr wind and rain w/ 9c temp) we saw the streets littered with the debris of infe...