msterdam was our first stop. This was not intentional, but came about because we were flying on Northwest Airlines.

We had mileage tickets on NW so were stuck on their routes. Still no problem getting to Pairs or Nice, but other complications made us finally say, "We've never seen Amsterdam. Now is the time."

We left Seattle on a direct polar route flight to Amsterdam. Travel started on April 17, 2002. That put us into to Schiphol Airport at about 7 AM European time on the 18th.

Schiphol is well organized. There is a train station right in the airport. This made it easy to activate our Eurail passes and make reservations for the next leg of the trip. A good thing, too. Our preferred route was all booked and the alternate suggested by the ticket agent worked better. The photo to the left was taken in the train station at Schiphol. This airport is clean and efficient. The train agents were very helpful.

After completing our train reservations we took the train into Amsterdam.

Our first impressions of Amsterdam are not good. However, in fairness, we have to point out that we spent only one day there. And, that day was a jet lag day. more...

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