LONDON-LOVE DAY 13: AMSTERDAM TO RHINE VALLEY... (DAY 2 EURO TRIP)

Rhine Valley, a quiet place to relax and chill. The hotel was very old-school (down to furniture, bedrooms, cutlery)...




Dinner was provided this night, a chicken schnitzel, veggies, chips & dessert (a pancake pudding??) Beer we had to cover!! Boo! No bar tab....

LONDON-LOVE DAY 13: LONDON TO AMSTERDAM... (DAY 2 EURO TRIP)

Only half a day of FREE-TIME in Amsterdam was timing constraining!!! We missed out on a few optionals.... Boo!






A beautiful place, with lop-sided facades (handy of harnessing furniture through the windows)... Amazing look and feel of the place... Oh we will come back to this!



Notice the angle of the building??? Hehe...



Jr's excitments through the glass window.... Various techniques on visual merchandising was an eye-opener... LOL.


One of many entrances of the Red Light District!!


The gadgets in this store was "Mind-Blast-ing!!" LOL.


Amsterdam is crazy for their bikes!! Just make sure you stay off their bike-lanes!!! Eeekkk!





One on many "COFFEE SHOPS" hidden within the RLD. This was the lucky one we spotted to have a 'cup of coffee'... :) Just don't mistaken Coffee Shops with Cafe Shops....



The cravings directed us to a chip shop a few doors down!!!... Delicious!!!!.. Bring on the more Mayo please!!!



FUN-FACT: Amsterdam had many Windmills back in the days to allow the correct water circulation ... Is that right???...



We checked out a Clog & Cheese Workshop...



Smell the cheese!!!

LONDON-LOVE DAY 12: LONDON TO AMSTERDAM... (DAY 1 EURO TRIP)

Day 1 of our "WINTER ESSENTIAL EUROPE TRIP".... It started off with a long drive to DOVER in the early morning.




Boarding the ferry after getting our passports stamped at the DOVER checkpoint by the French Police.



Views of the old-fashioned interiors of the ferry....




Coffee not to have again!!!....



We got off at France's CALAIS....



And entered the TOPDECK Coach for a very long drive to Amsterdam!!!....

Toilet breakkkkk!!!


Welcome to AMSTERDAM!!!!



And this is the swanky hotel you'll be bunking in!!!






A night out in Amsterdam....



3 Course Dinner cruise along the canals....



Checked out the RED LIGHT DISTRICT will all the surprises that come along with it.... 'Ladies of the Night'.....


We entered the RLD and were requested to NOT take any pictures through the area & within the shows.... Jr & I witnessed along with the rest of the tour group a SEX-SHOW.... Yes that's right.... what happens in Amsterdam stays in Amsterdam.... (OMG - I couldn't believe I agreed to it.... for some reason I imagined worse). It ended up being a funny night....


More to come.....

xoxo
MARA