Well, I’ve sufficiently recovered from my lack of French speaking skills while in Paris and therefore have decided to challenge myself with an even less convenient language: Dutch. That’s right, I’m off to Amsterdam the weekend after next (October 18th and 19th) and next weekend (the 11th and 12th) I’m heading to Bath in Western Britain.
While I have certainly felt the lack of travel the last few weeks, what really has spurred this mad dash to book up the next few weeks is the temperature. It is just so cold in my Top Floor Flat (and the rest of London unless you’re on one of the really deep tube lines during rush hour) that despite my best effort to get going this morning, I just couldn’t get going to Windsor Castle as I had planned. I didn’t have a train or entry ticket so I just couldn’t be bothered to bundle up and get out. Buying the tickets this morning made me feel both productive and like I won’t be able to bail out the morning of.
I’ll still make an effort to go to Windsor tomorrow but Sundays are my chores and shopping days which means if I lose my Sunday, I’m scrambling for groceries all week. In any case, I’m really excited about Bath and Amsterdam. I’m still getting final details sorted out (I was having some trouble with the National Rail online ticketing site to get my tickets to Bath, and I’m working on getting a B&B in Amsterdam) but if anyone has any suggestions for what to see in either city I’d love to hear!
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I’m so jealous! If I went to Amsterdam one place my daughter and I would want to see is the Anne Frank Museum, which is the actual house that she and her family hid in. I can’t wait to hear how your trip went. Have a safe and fun time =).