Iamsterdam!
We only had one day left of the 2009 trip, and we used it to
take a day trip to Amsterdam. One of the great things about Europe is
that it is so easy to use train system. We jumped on one of the early trains in the morning from Brussels and luckily arrived around 10:00 a.m as it was a work day and the train was full of commuters. It was a very beautiful ride. As you can see from the photo, the tulip fields were just starting to come into bloom.  |
| Lucky Windmill Photo! |
Before leaving the states for vacation, my friend Didi told me that she and her friends rented bikes when they visited Amsterdam and that it was the best way to get around. She also proceeded to tell me that all the bikes look the same and that if you do rent a bike, it doesn't really matter what bike you return just as long as you return one. I thought this might be a little farfetched, but once I arrived, I realized that Didi might be right..... There were entire parking structures three and four stories tall dedicated to bike parking!
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| Tulip Fields from the train window |
