Tag: The Netherlands

This was to be our last day, so we wanted it to be more relaxing. We decided to end at the Rijksmuseum, and so we decided on a leisurely stroll through the shopping streets to get there. We started walking along the Singel to Dam Square, then went into Kalverstraat. This is the ultimate shopping…

Today we were determined to get in to the Van Gogh museum, so we set off at 9am by Uber to Museumplein and joined the queue. The line was relatively short and we were inside before 10am. I had seen it when it first opened, but I did not remember it. What a wonderful museum….

We left Koln with a little sadness. Koln and the whole Rhine / Mosel region was beautiful. But it was also our last transfer. The train trip to Amsterdam was uneventful, and the change of scenery was quite marked – from the hills and mountains of Germany to the flatlands of the Netherlands. We arrived…