Day 1!
we jumped out of bed at 4:30 am on wednesday morning, gathered together the last bit of things, and hit the road at 5:00. After getting caught in a bit of the unruly L.A. rush hour traffic, we made it to the airport. We said goodbye to Taylour and headed inside the American Airlines International Terminal. After a few minor setbacks (Nicole's passport saying that she is from the WSA - where the hell is that? - and my account only printing 2 out of the 3 required boarding passes) we boarded our first plane.
We landed in Dallas, Texas about three hours later, after our pilot-slash-tour guide flew us over Lake Havasu, Sedona, and the Berringer Meteor Crater. This put us in at 3:25 PM local time. We had a two hour layover so we used this time to take the tram to the proper terminal, where Katie got her last fix of Mexican food and Nicole stuffed her face with food from a restaurant that she chooses to remain anonymous. We then grabbed some chocolate and boarded our next flight -departing at 5:20 and lasting a whopping 9 1/2 hours- to London.
It went by a lot faster than we had anticipate, with lots of reading along with lots of laughter; we even managed about two hours of shut-eye. We landed in London at 8:30 AM local time on Thursday.
After a three hour layover consisting of a lot of walking around and checking departure screens (our gate wasn't assigned until 45 minutes before our scheduled take-off), we boarded our plane for the last 45 minute hop, skip, and jump to Amsterdam.
Once we landed, we grabbed our packs, bought our train tickets, and headed for Amsterdam Centraal. Once there, it took us about a half hour to figure out how to get to our first couchsurfing destination, which turned out to be a piece of cake and should only have taken us about five minutes.
When we finally arrived, Rob and his brother greeted us with warm welcome. Their place is amazing, as is their couch! After we chatted a bit and got cleaned up, we headed out for a brief preview of Amsterdam. We cruised through the Dam, went to a couple of coffee houses, walked through a little bit of the red light district, and headed back home for dinner -which is where we are now, about to plan our first full day around the city.
we jumped out of bed at 4:30 am on wednesday morning, gathered together the last bit of things, and hit the road at 5:00. After getting caught in a bit of the unruly L.A. rush hour traffic, we made it to the airport. We said goodbye to Taylour and headed inside the American Airlines International Terminal. After a few minor setbacks (Nicole's passport saying that she is from the WSA - where the hell is that? - and my account only printing 2 out of the 3 required boarding passes) we boarded our first plane.
We landed in Dallas, Texas about three hours later, after our pilot-slash-tour guide flew us over Lake Havasu, Sedona, and the Berringer Meteor Crater. This put us in at 3:25 PM local time. We had a two hour layover so we used this time to take the tram to the proper terminal, where Katie got her last fix of Mexican food and Nicole stuffed her face with food from a restaurant that she chooses to remain anonymous. We then grabbed some chocolate and boarded our next flight -departing at 5:20 and lasting a whopping 9 1/2 hours- to London.
It went by a lot faster than we had anticipate, with lots of reading along with lots of laughter; we even managed about two hours of shut-eye. We landed in London at 8:30 AM local time on Thursday.
After a three hour layover consisting of a lot of walking around and checking departure screens (our gate wasn't assigned until 45 minutes before our scheduled take-off), we boarded our plane for the last 45 minute hop, skip, and jump to Amsterdam.
Once we landed, we grabbed our packs, bought our train tickets, and headed for Amsterdam Centraal. Once there, it took us about a half hour to figure out how to get to our first couchsurfing destination, which turned out to be a piece of cake and should only have taken us about five minutes.
When we finally arrived, Rob and his brother greeted us with warm welcome. Their place is amazing, as is their couch! After we chatted a bit and got cleaned up, we headed out for a brief preview of Amsterdam. We cruised through the Dam, went to a couple of coffee houses, walked through a little bit of the red light district, and headed back home for dinner -which is where we are now, about to plan our first full day around the city.
5 comments:
I'm exhausted just hearing all that! :) I'm glad you made it safe and sound.
And Nicole, don't worry--I think there are lots of Anonymous restaurants scattered around Europe. ;)
Living vicariously here...don't skimp on the details!
Hey girls, glad to know you arrived safely. I miss you and it sounds like you're off to a great start so I can't wait to keep hearing about it.
What a long day, but glad to hear it went faster then you expected. Have fun and keep on blogging... we all want to hear more.
PS Got your Van Gogh Video Message and loved it!
Hey you two crazy kids, glad you had a safe flight and that your packs arrived with you, always a good way to start a trip. Sounds like your new freinds are pretty cool, ask them if they saw the movie "Goldmember" with Mike Meyers playing that guy from Holland.Have fun!
Hooray! Your on both on your way. I'm glad you shared all the travel details. I also want to know more about the WSA. Nicole is lucky they didn't keep her in LA. Have a wonderful trip and may great times find you both every day.
P.S. I'm glad the couch is good! Sleep well.
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