Monday, July 28, 2003

Morning. Well we got back from Amsterdam yesterday at 5am - so needless to say we did nothing yesterday as we were exhausted. We had a pretty good time, the worst part was the trip there and back - 10 hours each way on a coach (chartered bus) and ferry. We got the coach at about 12:30AM on Saturday morning, I had a nap before we left the house but I really didn't want ot get up to go ugh. At 4:30am we got on the ferry in Dover, which we were on for an hour and a a half, which brought us to Calais (sp?) France. From there we got back on the coach and drive through France and Belgium I think and then we got to Holland, and finally to Amsterdam at 10:15am (GMT time.)

We had 10 hours free time in the city. First we went into a bookshop and got a map of the city and then walked around trying to find a place for me to go to the bathroom - which was a chore in itself ugh, the people were so rude,, but finally we found a decent person that let me use a bathroom in a bar/cafe place. Then we spent a few hours being rally lost looking for Anne Frank's House - we finally found it at around noon! (It was the only thing I really wanted to see there.) By the time we waiting in the queue to get in and looked around it was about 2pm. Then we walked around a bit and found a KFC to eat in, it was really expensive though about 18 Euros for our meal! We took our time there and rested a bit, so by the time we were ready to see the museums they were just about to close! So we eneded up taking a boat tour on the canals which was really nice. Then after a lot more walking and resting we got back on the coach and headed back home. ANyway I'll upload the pics to my MSN group soon - best be off for now as Pete's off today so I want to spend a lot of time with him :)

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