This week Shelley and I talked on the phone three or four times, mostly about where we should stay in Amsterdam and Beligum. We finally decided to stay at Bed & Breakfast Jordaan in Amsterdam. It gets great reviews, comes with breakfast, the owner is said to be super helpful in planning your days, and it was a reasonable amount. In American dollars, we'll each be paying about $80 per night.
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| Street view |
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| Doesn't this look lovely? |
For our two nights in Beligum we decided to stay in Bruges at Hotel Ter Reien. We're paying about $75 per night each there. It also got good reviews, and we spent an extra ten bucks per night for a canal view, where apparently swans come up to your windows and you can feed them bread. (shut up!) This one also comes with breakfast.
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| Right on the canal... |
Yes, we could have found cheaper places to stay. But I'm over hostels, and I wanted my own bathroom (something many of the cheaper hotels in Europe didn't offer). I think we struck a good balance between getting a good deal and staying somewhere nice.
Now that we have our hotels booked, it's starting to feel real! Whoo hoo!
Oooooh, the Jordaan district is nice! I wished I hadn't cheapest out on my hostel in Amsterdam. While the bathrooms weren't an issue, I was in a 32 person dorm *without shower access* for 23$/night.
ReplyDeleteThose look nice, I'm jealous!
ReplyDeleteThat hotel looks so cute! And I'd happily pay $80 a night. That seems very reasonable, especially for Europe!
ReplyDeleteLOOKS AMAZING! You're going to have such a great time =)
ReplyDeleteHaving your own bathroom is super underrated. It was one of the few things I insisted on for my 10 days in the UK.
ReplyDeleteThis looks great, I'm excited for your vacation.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you imagine the crowd of readers jeered at the feeding-swans-bread thing? The "shut up!" made me laugh because I couldn't figure out what you were imagining people saying.
"SWANS DON'T EAT BREAD"
"WHY DON'T THE WINDOWS HAVE SCREENS ON THEM"
"MOST SWANS HAVE RABIES"
Love you!
I used "shut up!" in an "OMG, that's awesome" sort of way. But I can see how it's unclear.
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