Southampton to Amsterdam

We disembarked our Norway cruise on Saturday followed by a long wait for our included transfer, bus from the drop off spot to the rail line at Heathrow and train into London. I'm pleased that we decided to overnight in London as it made the days of travel much easier. We stayed near Angel Islington and I went for a wander that afternoon to collect some food and check the fastest walking track to St Pancras for the following day. We also organised some logistics, including a hire car refund and made the most of being back on wifi. We managed to find pizza for dinner cooked in a Sainsbury's supermarket while we waited.

On Sunday we started the new section of our European adventure by wheeling our bags down to St Pancras International for the Eurostar via Calais, to Brussels and on to Amsterdam. We had a half hour delay at Brussels which gave me time to get some euro out of an ATM (and yes, the police were carrying guns). The kids were amazed that we had come from Norway and then within a day travelled through France, Belgium and to The Netherlands.

We arrived into Amsterdam after 7pm so ended up catching a taxi to our hotel on the south side of the city. We couldn't find a supermarket nearby so had dinner at the hotel dining room.

We ventured into the P&O entertainment to watch Chris Hamilton

Passing a container ship in the night

Back in Southampton

View from our hotel in Angel Islington

Will manages to find something to do with sport at St Pancras

French countryside

Passing through Brussels with a delay

Dutch glasshouses

The Norweigan pack of cards have been worth their weight in gold

Sophie making a 'musicly' video on the train to Zwolle

Will with too much energy on the train to Zwolle

Sophie on the train to Zwolle