Thursday 14 January 2016

Our first night - the Hyatt Place at Schiphol - another airport and another airport hotel - has everything you expect including some decent local beer and an excellent Indonesian chicken curry - just a bit soulless.
Hopefully the next leg of the journey will go as well as today - all according to plan - a pleasant sunny day for the drive to Dublin, easy trip through the terminal including the obligatory pint of Guinness in the departure lounge and a flight that left and arrived on time!
We are here for less than 12 hours so the only things that really matter are the very efficient shuttle bus service, a comfortable bed and a good shower, hopefully the breakfast will match up to our expectations on our way back to the airport for an 11 hour flight to Quito.
Realised as we landed at Schiphol this evening that it is nearly 18 years since I was last here and more than 20 since I was here on a regular basis, Obviously it has changed and like many of it's counterparts it looks more like an extremely large shopping mall with excellent transport links.
However while the UK government continues to prevaricate over new airport capacity for London, it appears that Schiphol is about to start a new phase of redevelopment and expansion.
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  1. Briantheship17 January 2016 at 18:51

    I thought the two of us flew into Schiphol 15 years ago with Pasha, en route to a presentation in The Hague?

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  2. Briantheship17 January 2016 at 21:02

    Belay that...it was Crustie.

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    1. Richard Morrison17 January 2016 at 22:26

      Bernie, it was me, but I thought we flew into Rotterdam and I remember an excellent lunch after we packed Pasha onto his flight home.

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  3. Briantheship18 January 2016 at 08:43

    Just as well there is someone who knows where I was and who with 15 years ago. Have just read Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending. It explores the way we subconsciously rewrite our past.

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  4. Briantheship18 January 2016 at 08:48

    Funnily enough I was reminiscing about those trips to the Netherlands a month or so ago and was having difficulty with the timescale. So Mrs G. gave me a bottle of single barrel five-year-old Genever for Xmas to help stimulate the grey cells.

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  5. James Page20 January 2016 at 00:58

    Glad to see that you have arrived safe and sound. Look forward to reading more about your adventures

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