Unbelievable. It's 9:30am. I just woke earlier and it was 6. What happened? We slept for 15 hours. I know we were tired from the flight but that's crazy. We have plans. That's ok. Mom? We got to hurry up. We're going to the Christmas park, the canal ride, the night canal ride and shopping. We're getting a late start but we'll be ok if we roll.First there's breakfast to make, then makeup time plus whatever. We don't leave the h...

The Amsterdam airport is spread out, like a big U. Mom and I had to walk from the gate at one end of the U to our baggage claim at the other. It's far and took us some time. Immigration, customs and baggage went quickly. I activated our Eurail pass right at the airport and we took the train right from the airport into downtown Amsterdam, a 17 minute ride.At Centraal station, it was about a ten minute walk to our apartment in the De Wallen district (old to...