indigo_rose99

Woke up to the alarm at 9am. We slept so late!

We got dressed and I introduced To to the hotel buffet. T, like me, thought it was pretty, but the customer service was slack. The short order cook refused to make me fried eggs (said he had no lighter for the stove). The dishes and cups in the to-use stack were indifferently clean. And many parts of the buffet had run out and were not refilled. They were clearly getting ready for the lunch shift and not interested in us breakfast eaters.

We pack up our stuff and took a shuttle to the airport, where we checked into a much nicer hotel. Nice sink, great bed, shorter walk to the train, all good!

We got 3-day train passes and took the train into Amsterdam Central to wander. And there was great meandering! I had crepes and cider (2 chances to rest my feet). We saw a plastic duck shop and a tiny painted cow shop. No, no space in our return luggage!

We talked about going on a canal tour and ended up booking one from the internet while sitting in a pub. Yay for internet access on my phone! We'll go tomorrow.

We headed back to the train and our hotel as the sun set at about 5:30pm. That is the time most of the town shuts down anyway.