A weekend in Amsterdam

Winter always calls for some festive travels with my friend Holleigh. Previously we’ve done winter breaks in Frankfurt and Marrakech; this year it was Amsterdam. Our friend Stimps also came along for the ride this time.

I Amsterdam

I Amsterdam

It has always bothered me how few of the countries that are so local to Great Britain that I’ve visited. The Netherlands particularly which is probably linked to a passion I have for some of their national footballers (Dennis Bergkamp in particular) and therefore wanting to know what their home country is like. Odd, I know.

Anyway, in line with my general travel planning habits, I booked some cheap flights with Easyjet on a whim and sent a message to numerous friends asking if they would like to join. And voila! A pre-Christmas Amsterdam trip was on the cards for a princely flight cost of £68.

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