Yesterday Eleanor, Jeremy, James, and I had a relaxing four hour layover in Amsterdam Schiphol on our way back to Todi.
But first a look at the the three excellent travelers in Atlanta:
And here they are quite a few hours later as we approached Amsterdam:
Upon arriving we found that everything had turned blue:
There was no doubt we were in the Netherlands:
If you ever have a few minutes in the Schiphol airport I can highly recommend this restaurant. We split a pair of triple chocolate muffins and I had a nice salmon sandwich. While we ate we saw other people with parfaits, chocolate fondue with beautiful fruit, milkshakes,...all sorts of stuff we would have loved to try.
Do you like this three foot high chocolate flower?
After eating we wandered around the airport some more. They have an airplane on the roof!
We tried to find out how to get up there but we're not successful. Maybe it is part of the KLM lounge.
We did find a quiet upstairs area for travelers, complete with twittering bird sounds and lounge chairs:
It also had an outside patio. I didn't take any pictures of the nice green bits, but I did get these three people you know to prove that we were there:
The airport is everything you would expect from the Dutch: clean, well planned, and pleasant to look at. Do you like the way they handled the only broken tile in the building?
Michael
Thank you for this POST. I enjoyed seeing what you did on your lay-over in the Netherlands. I miss you but it was great having you visit in Atlanta.
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