We are awake relatively early (given that we didn’t get to bed until gone 4am) and we are downstairs and having breakfast by 10am (we actually thought it was 11am because we accounted for the 1 hour time difference between the Netherlands and the UK without realising that our iPhones had already done so!). We bump into the Production Manager (who looked after us really well last night) who arranges for us to be given a fistful of Euros for food, drink and travel expenses and tells us to go into Amsterdam and enjoy ourselves. So, today we are being tourists (albeit, in my case, a fairly shaky tourist – must be because I’m tired!).
We decide to travel to the city centre by train – it just feels wrong to be spending over €50 each way on a taxi when we can get 2 day returns on the train for less than €20. It’s been a long time since I have been able to claim expenses! We wander around the city centre for a while, stopping once for coffee, once for a beer, and then decide to take a boat trip around the canals (like real tourists do). We have a very pleasant hour long trip (I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to sit down) and then catch a train back to our hotel at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
Back at the hotel we have a little rest before having a bite to eat in the hotel restaurant, and then we are ready to check-out and walk to the airport to catch our flight home.