Thur., June 30 to home

Up at 4 a.m. To give us a fitting sendoff it was still raining. We had planned to take an airport shuttle but that would have made us walk a couple of hundred yards in the rain with our bags so we called a cab to the airport.

Our flight home was on British Airways via London. When booking the flight I made a terrible mistake by requiring us to change airports from London City airport to Gatwick. That meant we couldn't check our bags through. We had to go through UK Immigration and Customs and arrange our own ground transportation to Gatwick which was 50 miles away. Couldn't lug our bags on public transport and there is no shuttle bus, so we paid up (way up) for a taxi. Shoot me if I ever book an airport change again. At least we did have enough time for the connection. We suffered through it, and both got a bit of sleep on the flight home.

A good trip. Would have been better without the terrible weather, of course, but we adapted, and had a good time.

Wed., June 29 to Amsterdam

This morning we drove a few minutes to the east side of the island to a maritime and beachcombing museum. It is mainly a collection of artifacts which either washed ashore or got snagged in the nets of fishing boats. A lot of junk but also some artifacts from wrecks as far back as the 1600's. Overall it was very interesting and well presented. We spent several hours there.

We have an early flight home tomorrow, so this afternoon we took the ferry back  to the mainland and drove to Amsterdam. We turned in the rental car at the airport and a shuttle to a nearby hotel.

A few drops of rain at noon but otherwise a nice day until the evening when it started to rain steadily. It is the first day of mussel season so we enjoyed a good last dinner of the trip at the hotel's dining room.