Getting there

June 5 - Getting There

We have gone to the Netherlands, to Amsterdam for 3 days. Then we take the train to Rotterdam and get on a very large boat for a week-long cruise of Norwegian fjords.

Air Canuck pretzels

We flew out on Air Canuck. Due to cutbacks Air Canuck only gives out teeny tiny pretzels. You can upgrade to full size pretzels for $278 plus tax.

We arrived in Amsterdam having had about three hours sleep on the overnight flight and feeling absurdly wide awake. The plan was to take the train from the airport to Amsterdam Centraal (the central station, like Union Station) and then a tram to our airbnb.

It sounded simple.

Amsterdam Centraal is enormous and it is full of people rushing hither and thither.

Eastern end of An
Msterdam Centraal.

Western end of Amsterdam Centraal

Amsterdam has great public transit: trains, trams, and buses. The problem is they don't have great signage. We tried three different platforms before we found the train. At Centraal we could not find where to catch the tram and ended up just taking a cab.

It was totally worth it to rent an airbnb instead of staying at a hotel by Amsterdam Centraal. We are on a quiet residential Street and just around the corner or all kinds of fabulous places to eat.