Amsterdam 阿姆斯特丹 (1)..... 一波好多折
四月份到歐洲, 怎麼可以錯過阿姆斯特丹的鬱金香花季呢？其實阿姆斯特丹對我們而言是需要繞好大一圈去的，這次主要的行程是到倫敦坐遊輪南下到地中海，這中間光想到要自己扛著行李從荷蘭坐火車回英國倫敦（注意 ... 這行李箱裡面裝的可是我們14 天在船上要穿戴的行頭耶，光小娜的箱子... 就包括四件大禮服跟四雙鞋子... 還有數不清的其他衣服), 不過還好我們要去的意志力夠堅強，就這樣... 阿姆斯特丹！我們來囉！
How can we miss the Tulip festival in Amsterdam when visiting Europe in April? In fact, going to Netherlands was a big detour for our trip. We were mainly joining a cruise in London and going down to the Mediterranean. Just thinking about carrying our two large 50 lbs suitcases on and off the trains, gave us some headache. (There were our formal attires in those suitcases for the 14 night cruise... meaning...heavy!). Good thing that the desire of going to Amsterdam was greater than all those obstacles. Great! Amsterdam! Here we come!
上圖是我們這次的客機，Delta 的Airbus A330-300，老公是個飛機迷，他超開心的，因為他坐過的飛機機型不勝其數(包括幾乎可以想到的美國軍用飛機，直升機)，但是這個機型他沒有坐過。不過小娜個人認為座位比較擠耶，才六小時的飛機，我們也坐得很不舒服（我們跟外國人比起來可是算很小隻的.. 他們一定更難過）..... 而且.. 哇哩廁所好髒（純抱怨:p) Anyway... 反正才六小時，混一下就過了(不過也等於一夜沒睡)，來到第一個目的地，Amsterdam Schiphol Airport 阿姆斯特丹國際機場.
The photo above is our airplane from Atlanta to Amsterdam- Airbus A330-300 of Delta. My husband is a big airplane fan. He has been on almost all the flying machines that you can think of such as Boeing, Airbus, and various military aircraft and helicopters. The Airbus A330 was one of few aircraft that's still missing on his "been there" list.
這個機場很大，快速火車 Thylas 還有荷蘭國鐵都在地下室就有車站可以轉，不過我們面對第一個問題，就是"不會買火車票"!? 我們只是要從Schiphol 到 Amsterdam 市區的普通火車，在那個自動售票機前面玩了老半天，車票就是出不來！原來這種售票機只收信用卡，我們美國的信用卡都刷不動。本來想說慘了，都沒服務人員怎麼辦？ 還好，排在我們後面的人( 真不好意思讓他們等很久耶...) 指著旁邊的人工售票櫃台... (我們兩個6 個眼睛居然沒看到耶) 兩張票不到10 歐元跟30 秒鐘就搞定了.. 呵呵... 一夜沒睡的結果，這麼大的人工售票台都沒看到...
Schiphol is the biggest international airport in Amsterdam, bit it still requires a 30 min regular train trip to the city. Thalys (high speed train in western Europe) and Dutch railway services both share a station right under the ground of this airport. However, the first problem we encountered was we didn't know how to buy the train ticket from the automatic machine! We stood in front of the machine for couple of minutes, but the machine just didn't like our credit cards! Good thing that the people behind us was "kind" enough to point out the manual ticket service station. Well... we must have been too tired to even see the huge counter next to us! We got 2 tickets from one of the agents for less than 10 Euro in 30 seconds!
下一個問題就是，要把兩個23 公斤的行李拉上每層三個樓梯那麼高的兩層火車, (抱歉，實在沒有空照那個火車門的樓梯，樓梯實在很窄，根本沒辦法讓行李在樓梯上落腳，一階一階的上，只能人先爬上，再彎腰把行李“拉”上來，重複兩次...... 在其他旅客看來，真像狼狽的兩個外國旅客呀！
Next problem was to get our two huge 50 lb suitcases on to that 2 level train which consists of 3 big steps per level. I wish I could have taken a photo of the steps. The steps are very narrow so it's impossible to rest our suitcase one step at a time. We had to climb onto the level, and "pull" our suitcase up..... We must have looked like a two terrible tourists....
How can we miss the Tulip festival in Amsterdam when visiting Europe in April? In fact, going to Netherlands was a big detour for our trip. We were mainly joining a cruise in London and going down to the Mediterranean. Just thinking about carrying our two large 50 lbs suitcases on and off the trains, gave us some headache. (There were our formal attires in those suitcases for the 14 night cruise... meaning...heavy!). Good thing that the desire of going to Amsterdam was greater than all those obstacles. Great! Amsterdam! Here we come!
上圖是我們這次的客機，Delta 的Airbus A330-300，老公是個飛機迷，他超開心的，因為他坐過的飛機機型不勝其數(包括幾乎可以想到的美國軍用飛機，直升機)，但是這個機型他沒有坐過。不過小娜個人認為座位比較擠耶，才六小時的飛機，我們也坐得很不舒服（我們跟外國人比起來可是算很小隻的.. 他們一定更難過）..... 而且.. 哇哩廁所好髒（純抱怨:p) Anyway... 反正才六小時，混一下就過了(不過也等於一夜沒睡)，來到第一個目的地，Amsterdam Schiphol Airport 阿姆斯特丹國際機場.
The photo above is our airplane from Atlanta to Amsterdam- Airbus A330-300 of Delta. My husband is a big airplane fan. He has been on almost all the flying machines that you can think of such as Boeing, Airbus, and various military aircraft and helicopters. The Airbus A330 was one of few aircraft that's still missing on his "been there" list.
這個機場很大，快速火車 Thylas 還有荷蘭國鐵都在地下室就有車站可以轉，不過我們面對第一個問題，就是"不會買火車票"!? 我們只是要從Schiphol 到 Amsterdam 市區的普通火車，在那個自動售票機前面玩了老半天，車票就是出不來！原來這種售票機只收信用卡，我們美國的信用卡都刷不動。本來想說慘了，都沒服務人員怎麼辦？ 還好，排在我們後面的人( 真不好意思讓他們等很久耶...) 指著旁邊的人工售票櫃台... (我們兩個6 個眼睛居然沒看到耶) 兩張票不到10 歐元跟30 秒鐘就搞定了.. 呵呵... 一夜沒睡的結果，這麼大的人工售票台都沒看到...
Schiphol is the biggest international airport in Amsterdam, bit it still requires a 30 min regular train trip to the city. Thalys (high speed train in western Europe) and Dutch railway services both share a station right under the ground of this airport. However, the first problem we encountered was we didn't know how to buy the train ticket from the automatic machine! We stood in front of the machine for couple of minutes, but the machine just didn't like our credit cards! Good thing that the people behind us was "kind" enough to point out the manual ticket service station. Well... we must have been too tired to even see the huge counter next to us! We got 2 tickets from one of the agents for less than 10 Euro in 30 seconds!
下一個問題就是，要把兩個23 公斤的行李拉上每層三個樓梯那麼高的兩層火車, (抱歉，實在沒有空照那個火車門的樓梯，樓梯實在很窄，根本沒辦法讓行李在樓梯上落腳，一階一階的上，只能人先爬上，再彎腰把行李“拉”上來，重複兩次...... 在其他旅客看來，真像狼狽的兩個外國旅客呀！
Next problem was to get our two huge 50 lb suitcases on to that 2 level train which consists of 3 big steps per level. I wish I could have taken a photo of the steps. The steps are very narrow so it's impossible to rest our suitcase one step at a time. We had to climb onto the level, and "pull" our suitcase up..... We must have looked like a two terrible tourists....
阿姆斯特丹中央車站Amsterdam Centraal Station
我們預定的旅館 Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam 就在阿姆斯特丹中央車站的正對面，走路不用200公尺 就到了(下面這張照片是從車站照的，漂亮的Victoria Hotel 就在正對面)
This is the hotel we had reservation with- Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam. It's right across the street less than 200 meter from the train station. (This photo was taken from the train station)
This is the hotel we had reservation with- Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam. It's right across the street less than 200 meter from the train station. (This photo was taken from the train station)
我們進去Check in, 一位年輕的櫃台小姐親切的迎接我們，但不知為何突然有位比較年長的經理在她後面出現.... 原來是他們超賣了，還已經幫我們在機場那裡的Park Plaza 訂了房間( 蝦密？不早說，我們還大老遠從機場扛著行李跑來這裡？又要回去？）這位經理說她會叫計程車送我們過去，然後明天早上再用計乘車送我們回來，再送我們今天明天兩天的免費早餐... 還有wifi...
We went into the hotel to check-in. A young beautiful front desk lady welcomed us with a smile, but for some reason, there was another older employee who came up to the counter. They were over-sold! The older lady was the manager on duty, and she had made a hotel reservation with another Park Plaza for us (the one by the airport!) She offered complimentary us taxi ride both ways, and breakfast for 2 days, and plus free wifi in both hotels.
We went into the hotel to check-in. A young beautiful front desk lady welcomed us with a smile, but for some reason, there was another older employee who came up to the counter. They were over-sold! The older lady was the manager on duty, and she had made a hotel reservation with another Park Plaza for us (the one by the airport!) She offered complimentary us taxi ride both ways, and breakfast for 2 days, and plus free wifi in both hotels.
雖然有點震驚，但我們兩個只是很想趕快開始今天的行程啦(那時才早上10 點）.. 也懶得跟那位經理吵了，只要她讓我們把行李先寄放在這旅館，等我們市區都玩夠了再回來領回行李回機場那裡，那我們就接受他的安排吧 ... 她馬上帶我們去餐廳吃早餐... 哈哈.. 這位經理也夠厲害的，在我們改變主意以前，把我們的嘴用豐盛的早餐塞住，就不會跟她吵了.. 呵呵... （這餐一吃，早餐午餐都搞定了... 算了，也不錯啦..... :p)
Oh.. well... we were tired and just wanted to start our scheduled itinerary, so we didn't bother to waste time to argue with her.... As long as she could take care of our luggage in the hotel for couple hours, and send us back to the airport hotel by taxi (no no.. no more train), we would take the offer. Haha.. she took us to the wonderful breakfast restaurant right away.... We could't argue with her anymore when our mouths were full (with food), could we?
Oh.. well... we were tired and just wanted to start our scheduled itinerary, so we didn't bother to waste time to argue with her.... As long as she could take care of our luggage in the hotel for couple hours, and send us back to the airport hotel by taxi (no no.. no more train), we would take the offer. Haha.. she took us to the wonderful breakfast restaurant right away.... We could't argue with her anymore when our mouths were full (with food), could we?
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