One afternoon we decided to, at the advice of several others, get out of Amsterdam for a day and see some of the country side and the other cities and towns that are nearby. We got a day pass for the both of us for 40 Euro, which enables us to ride any train in Holland for the entire day. So we did, we took a day and explored The best thing about this exploration was the frequency of the trains at the stations. I don't think we waited for more than 5 minutes any time we wanted to move to the next town.
So first up was a small town with a huge cathedral and windmills called Harleem. We did a quick lap, took some photos had a coffee and got the hell out and headed to Den Hague. Nice town though.
Den Hague is the center of a lot of international focus, mostly because it is the location of the International Court. It is mostly a government town and it was pretty quite being a Saturday. We didn't stay long but we did get this photo which exhibits the amount of bikes there...
The next stop was Utrecht. This was a very neat town with canals. These canals are similar to the ones in Amsterdam but they have terraces down at water level which house restaurants. We stopped in for a couple of beers and watch all the boats and kayaks cruise by. It was really neat to be surrounded by the medieval cathedrals and Gothic buildings while sinking down a Heineken.
From Utrecht it was off to Rotterdam. Neat city but no photos to prove it. Mostly it is a brand new city, by comparison as the entire centre of town was leveled during the second world war. It is the architectural leader of Holland and was quite a pleasant surprise (modern buildings) when the only thing we had seen in the last three weeks was old old old.
We had dinner a few drinks and got back on the train to head home to Amsterdam. Great day out and we covered a heap of ground. Lots of fun!!!
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