Safely in Amsterdam. Awesome weather first day. Of course right after i spend hours on skype with my family complaining about the bad weather, its hot hot hot. I have a lovely farmers tan. We rented bikes which is the only way to get around. Everyone rides bikes. To get to work, shop, or go out at night. Well needless to say I am not good at riding bikes around lots of people. Before reading any further let me tell you i was not serious injured... I fell...

Just about to arrive in Amsterdam. We took the ferry which is really like a cruise ship. We left at 1730 and will get here at 0930. The boat was fun. Lots of Hen and Stag parties and like before every was dressed up as a theme for their party. There were 80's girls, an aligator and these girls in full body spandex with wigs. Very interesting. We spent Newcastle just walking around to vist interesting sites. We walked down to Hadrian's wall. It was 7.5 miles rou...