By kathrynkw on Skatehive
Hi Everyone, Apologies for the late Day 5 post, you can blame the motion sickness from sailing in the North Sea, but here we are. Day 5 is the Amsterdam stop. I am so excited to be here, I’ve been here before with two of my cousins several years ago, but cruising into Amsterdam was on my bucket list. We were up early for breakfast and we were still sailing into Amsterdam along the canal, we even got to sail past Grand Central station. We docked at around 10 and gained clearance at 10:30. A benefit of being in a Haven suite is that they escort you down to the gangway to disembark before everybody else which means we didn’t have to wait too long. Once we were disembarked we were greeted with a local folk band before we walked to Grand Central Station which took only about 10/15 minutes which is perfect if you’re cruising in. Grand Central Station is beautiful, we walked underneath the station to get across to the centre from the canal side and there were so many shops. What I’ve found wi