Today was our last day in Amsterdam and thus sadly, the last day of our trip. We grabbed a breakfast consisting of muffins at a pastry shop around corner from hotel. Then we hopped on the tram to the Museumplein to visit the Rijksmuseum. The museum was very well laid out with good transition through […]
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Amsterdam – Canal Tour and Van Gogh Museum
Today was Valentine’s Day and we had a full day of touring planned. Unlike our previous hotels, breakfast was not included with our rate in Amsterdam. This was no issue as there are plenty of places to grab breakfast close to the hotel. We decided to eat at Pancakes Amsterdam which gave us a discount […]
Amsterdam – Arrival and Heineken Experience
After having our last breakfast at the hotel, we checked out and hopped on the metro and then RER over to Gare du Nord. There was the normal difficulty of navigating the steps in the stations with luggage. In addition, there was a delay on one of the lines so we had to hurry over […]
Kimpton DeWitt Amsterdam
After our train to Amsterdam, we walked the short two blocks to the hotel. The hotel was recently converted from a Crowne Plaza to a Kimpton and completely renovated. The location of the hotel cannot be beat with hundreds of restaurants, snack shops, and other shopping just outside the door. There were two tram stops […]
Introduction – Western Europe Trip
At the beginning of February, we took a trip to London, Paris, and Amsterdam. We were not even sure we would be able to squeeze this in with a baby on the way and job obligations. We originally planned a British Isles cruise in May, but this was just a few weeks after the due […]