16 October 2007

On Travel


Schiphol, Amsterdam's international airport, is a stop on the main north-south route. It takes only about 20 minutes to arrive from the center of Amsterdam, or 30 minutes and €7 from The Hague. The trains run every ten minutes or so and deposit you directly into the terminal. Couldn't be easier. Obviously, since this is the Netherlands, bicycle paths go to the airport as well.




No one actually wears the traditional Dutch wooden clogs anymore, although tourists certainly buy them as souvenirs. At Schiphol, they have a creative new use: bathroom flower planters.


Onto Switzerland.... They have these nifty ticket kiosks, even at the neighborhood bus stop. And most fun, you have to buy a child-priced ticket for your dog!






And for a European statement on travel, I present this photo, taken in Lausanne:



And finally Geneva airport, with prime diplomatic parking:



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sir, you are quite the diarist. Or blogger, as the kids say these days. Anyway, keep up the good work.