How do you spell R.E.L.I.E.F.?

Despite all the concerns and warnings that we heard about AirTransat, the flight from Vancouver to Amsterdam was great! We even arrived a little early! (Take that Air Canada :-))

After waiting 45 minutes or so for our luggage and bikes to appear, we managed to reassemble without problems and 2 hours after reaching Amsterdam, off we set to Leiden.

A little comic relief to match the head winds. We rode round & round & round, following the bike path (red) signs to Leiden. It seemed that every time we covered another 5 km, we would find ourselves the same distance away. 19 km to Leiden, cycle 5. 19 km to Leiden. Cycle 10. 15 km to Leiden. Cycle 5. 19 km to ... By now you've got the picture. Turns out, there are many ways to get to Leiden and most of them intersect. By our count, we cycled close to 60 km today for a 35 km ride. After sitting in the plane for 9 1/2 hours, the extra cycling time was appreciated.

Tomorrow, Den Haag & Delft & maybe Gouda!