I arrived at The Hook of Holland at 8am on June 4 by ferry without a map and not knowing a single word of Dutch. I was expecting to find a place to buy a map right away, but since I didn't see one, I started cycling towards Amsterdam. Which, luckily, just meant follow the coast.
The bike paths are so plentiful and so well signed that I eventually cycled the entire 63 miles to Amsterdam without ever buying a map.
Cycling in Holland is amazing! Every road has a separate bike path, which all have their own traffic lights. The land there is flat as can be, and it was warm!
It was very different than my entire tour in Scotland.
The next day,I had a rest day because I was going to the USA-Netherlands friendly.
I rode in to the city center with my host in the middle of the Amsterdam rush hour.
I spent the day exploring the city, I went to the Rijksmuseum, and went to see the incredible line to get in to the Anne Frank House.
And then the match.
From there, it took 4 days and 191 miles to get to Köln. Much of that time was spent following the Rhein River. And on the second day, June 7, I crossed the border in to Germany!
As soon as I crossed the border, I began to see Beer Gardens everywhere!
I took another rest day in Köln to go to the USA- Germany friendly. I drank a lot of kölsch, which is the beer of Köln, and saw the Dom.
From Köln, I changed directions and headed west towards the magical land of beer and waffles: Belgium!
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