Day 3: Amsterdam – Canals and Exploring

Day 3: Amsterdam – Canals and Exploring

Getting to know Amsterdam We got to know the city a little bit better today.  But before talking about Amsterdam, let’s talk about Samuel, Daniel and coffee (which bears mentioning again.) Samuel Poor Sammy. I think he is struggling with the time change and just being...
Day 2: Amsterdam – King’s Day

Day 2: Amsterdam – King’s Day

Read Diane’s pre-experience thoughts on King’s Day King’s Day! Sometimes making a Plan A and a Plan B pays off. Today was one of those times. Initially I had planned to get out of the city on King’s Day. Too many people for two little kids to be out and about.  But...
Day 1: Amsterdam

Day 1: Amsterdam

What day is it? Still trying to figure out exactly what day it is…. still in the same clothes and same energy as yesterday. But it’s Friday and we are in Amsterdam! We arrived early in the morning. Coming through customs is always difficult. They ask so many...
12 hours later

12 hours later

Getting Here We made it! We landed in Toronto about 20 minutes early, deplaned quickly (easy to be quick when the plane is tiny), the kids hustled through the airport and customs and we made our connecting flight with room to spare. Enough time to waste $25 on nasty...