Yesterday (on 23th Sep 2015), I had an awesome trip to Amsterday. It was a day trip so I left from London early morning and came back to London at late night.
It was an amazing experience travelling through canal of Amsterdam, Trams on the Road and walking in the roads along with canals.
My Trip started with leaving from London at around 5 AM in the morning. I reached London heathrow airport at around 5.30 AM. My flight was from Gatwick airport which is quite far from Heathrow airport. I had to get a National express bus from Heathrow to Gatwick airport.
At around 6.30 AM, I reached Gatwick airport. My Easy jet flight was at 8.00 AM from there. It took around half an hour for security check and other procedures. After that, I had some quick snacks and get ready for boarding the flight.
At 8.00 AM the flight departed for Amsterday. It was a small 45 minutes flight from Gatwick to Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. I reached Schiphol around 9.00 AM UK time. However, Europe is 1 hour ahead on UK time so it was 10 AM in Amsterdam.
Just outside the Airport there is an I Amsterdam symbol. It is basically an icon of the city. There I took few photos.
After spending half an hour there, I headed towards canal tour. There were so many canal tour operators. I book a small canal boat. It was a one hour ride on canal which go across the central Amsterdam.
Canal boat ride is the best was to see the beautiful city and buildings of Amsterdam. We took the boat at 12.40 and it was a one hour ride. The experience was just amazing. We saw lots of beautiful places and buildings.
Just as the boat ride finished, the rain started. We then headed towards Anne Frank museum. We took a tram to reach WestrMrkt from where it is very close. However, to our bad luck, the museum was closed that day due to some reasons.
We then headed towards Flower market. We took the tram from Amsterdam Centraal towards Flower market. Flower market is world famous for Tulips. If exports tulip bulbs all across the world.
We spent around one hour in the flower marked. We purchased some tulip bulbs and also some iconic items of Amsterdam. Till that time, heavy rains started. Then we headed towards Van gaugh museum.
By the time we reached Van Gaugh museum, it was already too late. We didnt got entry in the museum however we saw the gardens outside the museum. It was very beautiful and there was another I amsterdam symbol. There we again took lots of pictures.
We also had a very beautiful walk alongside the canals of Amsterdam and took some pictures in the city and bridges. The overall experience was just awesome. Amsterdam is full of canals and bridges. And there were bicycles all over the city.
At 7.30PM we started our return journey towards London. We took the Tram to the Amsterdam Centraal Station. From Amsterdam Centraal, We had our train to Schiphol Airport. By 8 PM we were at Schiphol Airport. Our Flight was at 9.15 PM due to land at 9.30 PM at Gatwick airport
We had also booked our bus from Gatwick airport to Heathrow at 10.30PM.
After having some shopping at airport, we passed through security checks and reached our gate by 9.15 PM however, due to some reasons, our flight got delayed by 15 mins. So it departed around 9.45 PM.
We were worried that if flight becomes too late then we may miss our bus booked from Gatwick to Heathrow.
Anyways, finally we boarded the flight to Gatwick. The flight was bound to North terminal of Gatwick airport. After around 1 hour of flight time, the Pilot announced for landing. We were descending towards the airport suddenly the plane took a sudden speed and started heading upward.
Soon, pilot announced that due to some landing permissions by ATC at gatwick, we will land after some time. And then Pilot started taking a round around the gatwick airport. By that time it was already 9.45 PM. And we were worried about our Bus which was scheduled to depart at 10.30 PM from Gatwick North Terminal.
Finally at 9.50 PM we landed at Airport but to our surprise it was Gatwick south terminal as opposed to North terminal where it was scheduled to land. And we had to go through Immigration and all. We were thinking that we gonna miss our bus at 10.30.
Somehow after immigration, we immediately took a shuttle from South terminal to North terminal. After few minutes we reached North terminal but now we were not sure where is the bus stop for our bus. By the time it was already 10.25PM
Soon, we somehow managed to reached the Bus stop. We saw the bus was already standing there. Finally we got the bus to Heathrow.
From heathrow, we took the Train to our home and we reached around 11.30 PM.
It was an amazing and memorable trip.
It was an amazing experience travelling through canal of Amsterdam, Trams on the Road and walking in the roads along with canals.
My Trip started with leaving from London at around 5 AM in the morning. I reached London heathrow airport at around 5.30 AM. My flight was from Gatwick airport which is quite far from Heathrow airport. I had to get a National express bus from Heathrow to Gatwick airport.
At around 6.30 AM, I reached Gatwick airport. My Easy jet flight was at 8.00 AM from there. It took around half an hour for security check and other procedures. After that, I had some quick snacks and get ready for boarding the flight.
At 8.00 AM the flight departed for Amsterday. It was a small 45 minutes flight from Gatwick to Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. I reached Schiphol around 9.00 AM UK time. However, Europe is 1 hour ahead on UK time so it was 10 AM in Amsterdam.
Just outside the Airport there is an I Amsterdam symbol. It is basically an icon of the city. There I took few photos.After spending half an hour there, I headed towards canal tour. There were so many canal tour operators. I book a small canal boat. It was a one hour ride on canal which go across the central Amsterdam.
Canal boat ride is the best was to see the beautiful city and buildings of Amsterdam. We took the boat at 12.40 and it was a one hour ride. The experience was just amazing. We saw lots of beautiful places and buildings.
Just as the boat ride finished, the rain started. We then headed towards Anne Frank museum. We took a tram to reach WestrMrkt from where it is very close. However, to our bad luck, the museum was closed that day due to some reasons.
We then headed towards Flower market. We took the tram from Amsterdam Centraal towards Flower market. Flower market is world famous for Tulips. If exports tulip bulbs all across the world.
We spent around one hour in the flower marked. We purchased some tulip bulbs and also some iconic items of Amsterdam. Till that time, heavy rains started. Then we headed towards Van gaugh museum.
By the time we reached Van Gaugh museum, it was already too late. We didnt got entry in the museum however we saw the gardens outside the museum. It was very beautiful and there was another I amsterdam symbol. There we again took lots of pictures.
We also had a very beautiful walk alongside the canals of Amsterdam and took some pictures in the city and bridges. The overall experience was just awesome. Amsterdam is full of canals and bridges. And there were bicycles all over the city.
At 7.30PM we started our return journey towards London. We took the Tram to the Amsterdam Centraal Station. From Amsterdam Centraal, We had our train to Schiphol Airport. By 8 PM we were at Schiphol Airport. Our Flight was at 9.15 PM due to land at 9.30 PM at Gatwick airport
We had also booked our bus from Gatwick airport to Heathrow at 10.30PM.
After having some shopping at airport, we passed through security checks and reached our gate by 9.15 PM however, due to some reasons, our flight got delayed by 15 mins. So it departed around 9.45 PM.
We were worried that if flight becomes too late then we may miss our bus booked from Gatwick to Heathrow.
Anyways, finally we boarded the flight to Gatwick. The flight was bound to North terminal of Gatwick airport. After around 1 hour of flight time, the Pilot announced for landing. We were descending towards the airport suddenly the plane took a sudden speed and started heading upward.
Soon, pilot announced that due to some landing permissions by ATC at gatwick, we will land after some time. And then Pilot started taking a round around the gatwick airport. By that time it was already 9.45 PM. And we were worried about our Bus which was scheduled to depart at 10.30 PM from Gatwick North Terminal.
Finally at 9.50 PM we landed at Airport but to our surprise it was Gatwick south terminal as opposed to North terminal where it was scheduled to land. And we had to go through Immigration and all. We were thinking that we gonna miss our bus at 10.30.
Somehow after immigration, we immediately took a shuttle from South terminal to North terminal. After few minutes we reached North terminal but now we were not sure where is the bus stop for our bus. By the time it was already 10.25PM
Soon, we somehow managed to reached the Bus stop. We saw the bus was already standing there. Finally we got the bus to Heathrow.
From heathrow, we took the Train to our home and we reached around 11.30 PM.
It was an amazing and memorable trip.
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