Vasilis took Philip for a morning soccer game at the park, so we had our goodbyes and got ready for our pickup at 11:45am. The driver was right on time, and we made it to Heathrow in about 30-minutes. There was almost no traffic. I had to repack some items at the airport as I forgot I was allowed only one carryon, and my briefcase was considered too big to qualify as a computer bag. Everything fit into my checked bag, including my briefcase, so it all worked out without having to spend an additional 45 pounds for a second checked piece.
The KLM flight was a short hop of only 55 minutes, and with the one hour time change we arrived at 5:05pm. Our luggage arrived quickly, we found the cab stand, and were lucky to have a very well informed taxi driver who gave us some interesting history and tour commentary on the way to the hotel. He drove us past the Ann Frank house which still had a block long line-up to enter. We'll likely skip that tour.
The hotel is lovely, and our room delightful. I'll have some pictures shortly. The hotel clerk suggested we try a local favorite for dinner, Long Pura, an Indonesian restaurant that serves only one specialty item, an assortment of
dishes called rijsttafel or rice table, very popular in the Netherlands.
Actually just a lot of spicy boiled meats in tiny bowls. Not anything either of us would want to try again, although it wasn't bad, just not very interesting.
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