Rotterdam

Working on the kiddie crane

It's a big industrial area where it rains a lot. There's an important harbour. Once we got here, we went round in circles, stopped at a cafe to get internet, then found a hotel that was about 500m away. Was suffereing digital withdrawal by now.

John had his own room, so decided to eat 2 meals tonight, entree and main. It didn't last long, but was nice to eat. Got up at 5am for a fire alarm. Seems like someone was smoking. Trouble is that the smoking area was right out the front, so all the smoke wafts up the stairwell. Definitely able to smell it even up on the 4th floor. We all wait in the street for around 5 minutes for the firies to give the all clear.

Rotterdam is nice in parts

At 10 we got down to the maritime museum. If it the area, keep driving. In the first room, there's a model of Rotterdam. Ollie pronounces 'this is boring!'. So we go straight to the kids section where they can practice loading/unloading on a kiddie sized crane or two. Sex and the sea is a little bit interesting, but mainly just stories from the sailors about whores.

Sandwiches are bought to eat on the road to Ghent.

Time to check out the dog