Day 20 – Amsterdam

The sun is showing signs of making an appearance today and we are heading on another day trip, this time to Amsterdam.
The train leaves the station on time and this time we are heading north through the field, crops of all sorts are being grow, some in hugh glass houses. The fields are all surrounded by drainage ditches all leading back to main canals.
The journey will take 2 1/2 hours but there is a lot to see along the way.
There is a definite change in the soil as we cross the border into the Netherlands, light loamy soils of Belgium are replaced with the rich black soils of the Netherlands.
We arrive in Amsterdam and decide that a tram ride around the city will provide a good way to see the city given our limited time. The tram cost 2.60 for 1 hour of travel and it is not long before we are making our way through the bicycle ridden streets and over canals, the tram takes us out into the inner suburbs and it is nice to see how people are living. It is soon obvious that the bicycle is king in Amsterdam as to our amazement people on bikes are beating the tram.
After a little delay we are back on a train bound for Brussels, the trip goes by quickly and it is 7:00 by the time we are back at the hotel, just time for some food and to get ready for our moving on tomorrow.