Sunday, and after a fond farewell to Brugge where the street markets were setting up, we set off for Amsterdam. The weather was very kind to us again, warm and sunny. We had had a rainy Saturday night in Brugge but it cleared up nicely.

Tom Tom performed well apart from losing it at the last minute in Amsterdam. Now I have to say the traffic in the centre is manic, not so much from cars or scooters, as in Rome, but bicycles. There are millions of them and it seems they have the right of way every way. At one point we had to cross an intersection without lights, there were trams coming, bicycles everywhere and a few cars, I was grateful for the real motorcyclist who led me across without a major incident. Then there was the point were I was following a car as the lanes are confusing, It turned out he was a taxi and I ended up in the bus lane on the tram tracks, whoops !

Found the hotel and unloaded the bags. The parking is underneath and a lift brings up a "tray" that you park on then it goes down and puts the car in the correct spot, all this for only 55 euros per night.......!

The room as you can see is brilliant and has a canal view.