Landed in Amsterdam at 3pm after a cruisey 40 minute flight from London. It's so much warmer here! A few degrees makes a huge difference. The first thing I noticed was there are canals everywhere! Even at the airport up the runway.
So far everyone here is happy to spreekt u Engels (Speak English) and everyone seems helpful. I asked a man to tell me where my hotel is, he didn't know so he told me where to ask someone who would know. What a gem.
Michael and I have booked into a traditional Dutch food restaurant for dinner, which looks interesting. I'm trying not to pig out so much like I did in London, but I think I might have to give in to temptation. I'll write again soon to let you know how it goes.
Oh and I'm claiming its my birthday, because it is in Australia, so this year my birthday goes for an extra 8 hours! I'll write again soon! Vaarwel (goodbye)
Monday, 8 April 2013
Sunday, 7 April 2013
London Week 2
My second week in London wasn't nearly as exciting as the first, and time seems to be dragging because I miss home and 2 weeks anywhere is, now I realise, far too long.
Easter Sunday was quiet and free of chocolate. We had hot cross buns for breakfast though, so that was a bit eastery.
Monday Michael and I went on a tour of Bath and Stonehenge. Bath is the most beautiful place I've ever seen in my life. Jane Austin lived here and I can see where her inspiration to write came from. The Roman Baths there are impressive, the Romans were so clever to figure out plumbing in 42 AD. Most of the buildings standing there now were built in the 1700s, it's hard to believe anything could be so old... And then you see Stonehenge! Made thousands of years ago, somehow people managed to build it (or was it the aliens?) and to think, we still don't know why it's there. All in all, my favourite day of this holiday so far.
In Bath we drank the water from the hot spring, which is supposed to be magic and heal all afflictions. Why then, was I struck down with a rotten cold for the next two days? Because I'm in grey, freezing, miserable London, obviously. It was bed and rest for me on Tuesday and Wednesday, although I did find strength to get to the pub for a pint of crate beer.
Thursday I headed to M&Ms world and basked in all that is chocolate. I bought some and ate it toot suit, feeling a little bit ill afterwards.
Friday I went to a museum with Michael and his friends Jesse and Kate, then we went to a production of Godspell. I really enjoyed it, it was aesthetically pleasing.
Today, Saturday, I took a trip to Greenwich and had a look in a museum there. King Henry VIII lived there at one point and Queen Elizabeth I was born there. Then I was over it, over London, ready for the next place...
Amsterdam tomorrow! Wish me luck, first time in a non English speaking country and I don't know a word of Dutch! I'll post again soon.
Easter Sunday was quiet and free of chocolate. We had hot cross buns for breakfast though, so that was a bit eastery.
Monday Michael and I went on a tour of Bath and Stonehenge. Bath is the most beautiful place I've ever seen in my life. Jane Austin lived here and I can see where her inspiration to write came from. The Roman Baths there are impressive, the Romans were so clever to figure out plumbing in 42 AD. Most of the buildings standing there now were built in the 1700s, it's hard to believe anything could be so old... And then you see Stonehenge! Made thousands of years ago, somehow people managed to build it (or was it the aliens?) and to think, we still don't know why it's there. All in all, my favourite day of this holiday so far.
In Bath we drank the water from the hot spring, which is supposed to be magic and heal all afflictions. Why then, was I struck down with a rotten cold for the next two days? Because I'm in grey, freezing, miserable London, obviously. It was bed and rest for me on Tuesday and Wednesday, although I did find strength to get to the pub for a pint of crate beer.
Thursday I headed to M&Ms world and basked in all that is chocolate. I bought some and ate it toot suit, feeling a little bit ill afterwards.
Friday I went to a museum with Michael and his friends Jesse and Kate, then we went to a production of Godspell. I really enjoyed it, it was aesthetically pleasing.
Today, Saturday, I took a trip to Greenwich and had a look in a museum there. King Henry VIII lived there at one point and Queen Elizabeth I was born there. Then I was over it, over London, ready for the next place...
Amsterdam tomorrow! Wish me luck, first time in a non English speaking country and I don't know a word of Dutch! I'll post again soon.
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