Phil's Places - Amsterdam & London

May 1999 - Amsterdam, London, Bath & Stonehenge

The year before I went on a group tour of several counties in Europe. While I loved seeing the sites, the group dynamics and constant movement were not a good fit for me. So in 1999 I choose a couple city that had intrigued me the year before and revisited them on my own.

Train from the airport to the city. At the time riding a train in a Europe by myself seemed like an adventure.

Stayed at this hole in the wall hotel on Damrak. It was pretty horrible - you live and you learn.

It is the only time I have been in Amsterdam during tulip session.

Garden in the Begijnhof..

Typical canal scene.

Kalverstraat which is a main shopping street.

One of the more impressive historic canal houses.

View of Amsterdam from the harbor.

Saint Paul's Cathedral .

View from atop the dome of Saint Paul's.

British Museum - I spent half a day here and only saw a small portion. I hope to see more of it some day.

Buckingham Palace.

Parliament with Victoria Tower.

Street scene in Kensington

Kensington Palace

Trafalger Square

View of the Tower of London from atop Tower Bridge

Thames river from atop Tower Bridge

Westminster Abby

Imperial War Museum

Interior of the Imperial War Museum

I took the train outside London to Hampton Court

View from the rail station.

One of the inner courtyards.

Part of the later addition

The gardens.

The Thames at Hampton Court.

Took a day group tour of Bath and Stonehenge

Bath Cathedral.

Park in the city.

Roman baths

Stonehenge was a bit disappointed for me. Again I probably had unrealistic expectations and honestly prehistory is not that interesting to me.