Remember last time how I said it was just a quick overnight stop in Cologne? I lied.  The our hotel room and the view from it was pretty nice.  We were just off of a narrow strip of bakeries, coffee shops, and other establishments ready to feed a couple of hungry guys.  After walking a…

In our original plans, this was the day to finish the drive to Vienna.  We’re behind that schedule though, with a somewhat lazy morning in Amsterdam.  After checking out of our hotel, we headed back downtown for a Dutch pancake breakfast.  Instead of the tram, we tried the metro system.  That train dropped us off…

Day 5 started with getting up early.  Fly to Brussels, pick up the rental car, and drive to Amsterdam.  We left the apartment at 7:44 London time, and considering we were in Central Time just a couple of days prior, it felt like we were getting up at midnight.  Nevertheless, the early sunrise did a…