With a 5 hour road trip ahead of us, we left Stittsville with Greg and Leslie about 11 am.  Greg toured us through some great scenery and managed to drive us directly through a storm cell.  Thunder, lightning and a torrential downpour.  Quite incredible.  I was thinking how much BC would have appreciated this rainfall.

We were delivered to Pearson Airport at about 4:45 for our 7:15 flight.  Security took about 50 minutes, so we didn’t have as much time as we thought.  We were booked on a Sunwing flight.  We discovered it was operated by a Dutch Airline called Arke.  The first language on the flight was Dutch.  We were instantly transported to Europe.

Customs and immigration in Amsterdam was a very easy process.  We purchased train tickets from the Airport to Amsterdam Central station for 5.50 euros each and then a tram pass for an hour for 2.90 euros each.  We found our hotel easily.  It was too early to check in so we wandered around the neighbourhood and found a spot for a beer and a bite to eat.  

There is a great little park along a canal, across the street from our hotel where we killed a bit more time before we could get our room and the BED!!  Nap time 🙂

We slept for a bit and got up and wandered around the city.  The architecture is very unique.  Tall narrow buildings with very high ceilings.

Every day/time in Amsterdam is 4:20. 🙂

Found this cute little Smart Car.  It is for 2, but front to back, not side to side.