MM4.Travel

Wednesday September 18 – we head out to get breakfast at a nearby cafe. The food is good & actually feels German, with a side of gherkins. Admin We have to do some travel admin, we need seat reservations on the train. We’re using an Eurail pass, but what isn’t particularly clear is that there’s…

Tuesday September 17 – Disaster strikes, the shower overflows while I’m having a shower. This floods the entire bathroom. I had my suspicions about the small size of the designer shower outlet. This is confirmed in a whirlwind of mopping up excess water in various states of undress. The hotel relocates us to another room;…

Monday September 16 – this our last day in Copenhagen and we head to Berlin later. Marnie’s caught a low level cold. I had a low level cold. Definitely couldn’t have been me. So Marnie has bit of rest this morning. Black Diamond I head back down to the Black Diamond. I mainly geek out…

Sunday September 15 – Changing of the Guards. We headed out to explore Copenhagen and we walked back through Amalienborg Palace. We happen to see the changing of the guards. Not quite the pomp or scale of Buckingham Palace’s, but you can get much closer. Half Marathon Part of our exploration was to find breakfast.…

Saturday September 14 – Our last morning in Amsterdam. We walk down to catch the train to Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport. Hij Hij Copenhagen Copenhagen isn’t shabby either. We leave the church and head back to the waterfront to hunt down the mermaid statue. We push onto Kongens Have/King’s Garden. Walked 16.5km / 23558 steps

Friday September 13 – Rotterdam We decide to catch the fast train to Rotterdam it’s only 45mins away so it’s bit of a no brainer. I’m quite keen to see it for the contemporary architecture, which Rotterdam is known for. This is due to the centre of Rotterdam being totally destroyed by the Luftwaffe during…

Thursday September 12 Rijksmuseum Sanne recommended that the Rijksmuseum is well worth seeing so we head there from our hotel. There’s some amazing art on display. Wandering around Amsterdam It’s amazing how much time you can spend in a gallery/museum like the Rijksmuseum. We hunt down lunch afterwards by a canal in Prinsengracht. We wander…

Wednesday September 11 – we head back to Gard de Nord to catch the Eurostar to Amsterdam. We really enjoyed Paris and definitely could have spent more time there. Next time. Belgium We don’t stop and it flies by at 300km an hour. Amsterdam We make several stops along the way, and the train is…

Tuesday September 10 Passages Near our hotel we explored several old arcades, one of which happens to be the oldest in Paris. Pompidon’t We had hoped to go to the Pompidou, but unfortunately it seems that all the museums & galleries are closed on Tuesday’s in Paris. We decide to push on to explore the…

Monday September 9 Louvre We previously had booked online to go to the Louvre at midday, and with the weather packing in it was a good indoor day. The main entrance to the Louvre is the glass pyramids by I.M.Pei, which was cool to see in the flesh. Our strategy is to go straight to…