It's been a few days since I've had a reliable internet connection. It's now Saturday and our last post was Monday night. So, Tuesday morning I awoke still quite sleepy as I took part in the pub crawl the night before. The good news is that I had plenty of time to sleep on the bus as we made our way into the Netherlands. Our first stop on the way to Amsterdam was a farm that made both cheese and wooden clogs. We had a very informative tour of the farm where we were shown the different areas where they made the clogs and cheese. We then exited through the gift shop. While we waited for the bus to be ready to go Kathleen got reacquainted with her childhood and petted some of the nearby dairy cows. After leaving the farm we continued on our way into Amsterdam. Once in Amsterdam we checked into our hostel before taking a walking tour of the city. When the tour was done we headed back to the hostel.
The next morning we had breakfast before meeting with our group for a biking tour of the city. Kathleen and I were very excited about this as we hadn't rode bikes since trying to ride bikes to Wickham Market in September. Anyway the idea of a biking tour around Amsterdam sounded pretty cool. The tour was amazing as we rode through a couple big parks, saw the giant "I am Amsterdam" sign and also rode past Anne Frank's house. After the tour we had lunch, went to Madame Tussauds, and explored the city some more before going to our last group meal of the tour. The last dinner we had together was at a Chinese restaurant, on the docks, where we ate before climbing on a boat that took us down the canals of Amsterdam. After a great boat ride we walked around for a bit more before calling it a day.Thursday morning we left Amsterdam fairly early as it was the last day of the tour and we had to get to London before the end of the day. It was a long day of driving but our one stop, on the way to London, was the city of Brugge, Belgium. We had about two hours to have lunch and explore the city. After lunch Kathleen bought herself a rubber duck piggybank and then we had waffles. We then walked back to the bus and continued on our way. We next drove into France to catch the ferry over to Dover. After supper on the ferry it wasn't long before the white cliffs of Dover came into view. After leaving the ferry and jumping on the bus I fell asleep and the next thing I knew we were in London. We said a final farewell to our tour group before heading to our hostel.
Yesterday we slept in a bit before breakfast. We then left the hostel to go pick up our bag that we left at the London Liverpool Street Station luggage storage area. After picking up our bag we took it back to our hostel before going to close our bank accounts. Afterwards we bought a couple of new carry on bags. We then went back to the hostel for a nap before supper. When we were done supper we spent the rest of the day watching the opening ceremonies of the Olympics on the TV in the hostel common room.
Today was my Birthday! It was pretty awesome! Mostly because Kathleen took me to see the musical theater production by the name of Wicked. Wicked, for those of you that don't know, is the story of the witches of Oz. It was spectacular and was one of the best birthday presents I've ever received. After the show we went out for a birthday dinner complete with a piece of birthday cake (I have the best fiancee ever!). It is now less than 48 hours until I arrive back in Canada. Tomorrow we will be taking the train to the airport hotel and then we'll catch our plane home the next morning. Can't wait to see you all!
Until then,
Rocky
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