Amsterdam - May 6

Hotel Fita Amsterdam - We arrived on schedule, actually a few minutes early, at the Schipol Airport, breezed through passport control and customs, had our railpass validated and caught Bus 197 for 5 euros each.  Our stop was just about two blocks from Hotel Fita, #37 Jan Luijkenstraat.

We walked past #36 and #38, no #37 in between!  Number 37 is about a block and half down the street. One wouldn't want to try locating by street number in Amsterdam! I had a Google Map with the hotel location marked so this wasn't really a problem.

Our rooms were ready although we buzzed the door a little after 9 AM.  An elevator just big enough for two skinny Americans and nothing more delivered  us to our 4th floor room - very nice with a view of a roof garden across the street. 

We rested a bit and walked over to Museumplein and the Van Gogh Museum.  The line for the museum was a block long but I had purchased e-tickets for 12 PM on-line. We walked in at 11 AM.

For dinner, we walked to a restaurant on the edge of Vondelpark just a few blocks away from the hotel.  West wind blow at least a chilly 25 kts.   Lots of tulips in bloom.


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