Day 5, 17 June 2014, Amsterdam - The "Eventual" Tram, The Zoo, Waterlooplein Flea Market, Rembrandt Huis Museum, Our Lord in the Attic, The Oude Kerk, The Girls in the Windows (of the Red Light District), The Flower Market on the Singel, Cruise along the Canals, The Shopping Street and, ta da! - an early night. First off, let me just say... Never trust a tram line that heads off your map... and then appears on the other side of the map. One could assume it's a ...

Day 4, 16 June 2014 - Amsterdam - Centraal Station, Van Gogh Museum, Diamant Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Tulip Museum, Symphony at Concert-Gebouw... imminent tourism induced collapse... I realised this morning that between the Amsterdam Pass (yet to be picked up) and the free things to do like the flower market... that I really needed to get a wriggle on. So I made a plan and got going. Down the stairs, out the door, into Dam Square... ooh breakfast. Now I don'...

Day 3 (Proper) - 15 June 2014 - Amsterdam Free Walking Tour and Evening Stroll in Jordaan - One of our favourite ways of translating Map to Life when we first visit a new place is to get our boots on the ground and explore on foot. So off I went to get the down-low on Amsterdam to share with James back in Sydney (sigh) and our legions of other followers. I'd been warned on the Sandemans New Europe Walking Tours site, that these tours were popular - complete und...

Days 1-3, 13-15 June 2014 - Sydney/Dubai/Amsterdam - 14 hrs 30 mins (but it seemed longer...) just to get to Dubai! Aside from the auspicious nature of the date, Friday the 13th was a funny old day - I was certainly not happy about leaving James (to the point of chaining myself to something and simply not leaving). He took me out for a posh lunch at DJ's and then we shared a final (very teary on my part) hug and I was on the shuttle to the airport - thankfully ...