We arrived in Amsterdam after a 7 hour train ride from Berlin. We had no trouble finding the 1st class carriage at the Berlin Haptbahnhof as there is a diagram on the platform showing the direction of the train and which part of the platform each carriage will stop – so easy – German efficiency!! It was a pleasant ride through the German countryside, though some towns were “protected” by sound barriers so you couldn't see them well. Finally we crossed the Dutch border, and the train announcer changed, but we still got announcements in English. Our train was running late and we had to change trains to get to central Amsterdam.
The railway station was quite chaotic and we had some trouble finding the Travel Info so we could get a map and directions to our hotel. It is a pedestrian's nightmare, bikes, motor scooters, trams going everywhere. The Travel info people suggested we get a tram to our hotel as it was too far to walk, but we couldn't get on with our big bags, so we got a taxi to our hotel, Apollo Museum Hotel. Our room here would be the smallest we've been in since our travels began. It's almost laughably tiny, hardly any room to even open our suitcases. Thank goodness we're only here one night.
We had a rest and then went out for a walk to see the sights. There is so much activity on the “footpath” with people, cars, bikes, trams everywhere, I felt very uncomfortable and unsafe as you are constantly looking out for the unexpected. We saw the Palace and walked over a few canal bridges, had dinner and returned to our “cell”.
The railway station was quite chaotic and we had some trouble finding the Travel Info so we could get a map and directions to our hotel. It is a pedestrian's nightmare, bikes, motor scooters, trams going everywhere. The Travel info people suggested we get a tram to our hotel as it was too far to walk, but we couldn't get on with our big bags, so we got a taxi to our hotel, Apollo Museum Hotel. Our room here would be the smallest we've been in since our travels began. It's almost laughably tiny, hardly any room to even open our suitcases. Thank goodness we're only here one night.
We had a rest and then went out for a walk to see the sights. There is so much activity on the “footpath” with people, cars, bikes, trams everywhere, I felt very uncomfortable and unsafe as you are constantly looking out for the unexpected. We saw the Palace and walked over a few canal bridges, had dinner and returned to our “cell”.
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