Truly one of Northern Europe’s most picture-perfect cities, Amsterdam’s homes have a dolls-house like characteristic and therefore ordinary practicalities go out of the window (literally!) with tight, winding staircases creating the need for furniture-by-crane hoisting services. So after our 1 night in Amsterdam, we headed into the city for a whistlestop tour of its sights and sounds.

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Kicking off our ‘green’ euro trip, sees us 7.30am at the Harwich docks, after a rather rude 3am awakening. The 9am Stenaline to the Hoek of Holland gives us 8 unadulterated hours of free (you have to ask!) wifi access, definitely worth the £12 upgrade for the extra comfort, all you can drink tea, coffee and juice, peace and general ‘in the know’ smugness the stenaplus lounge gives you.

After surfing the net a la ferry, planning all those last minute trip details and finishing off leftover tasks from the past business week, we dock in the land of the clog and head for the capital for 1 night in Amsterdam.

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