{"id":1089,"date":"2016-07-03T15:06:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T15:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2019-12-30T22:40:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T22:40:27","slug":"nunspeet-to-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/?p=1089","title":{"rendered":"Nunspeet to Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1096\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3506-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1096\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1096\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3506-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"At the bus stop in front of our Vierhouten hotel.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3506-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3506-1.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the bus stop in front of our Vierhouten hotel.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We said goodbye to our Road Scholar group on Sunday night, and on Monday morning we caught a local bus that would take us to a train in Nunspeet, which would take us to another train in Amersfoort, which would deliver us to the Central Station in Amsterdam.&nbsp; The trip was smooth and efficient, and we were afoot in the rain in Amsterdam within 1-1\/2 hours.&nbsp; We walked 30 minutes to our AirBnB\u2019s check-in office, took a cab to our Bickersgracht apartments and were greeted by Katie &amp; Kyle, Russell &amp; Monica, all ready to begin the Amsterdam adventure.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1097\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3508-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1097\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1097\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3508-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bikes stored at the train station in Nunspeet because....\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3508-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3508-1-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3508-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3508-1.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bikes stored at the train station in Nunspeet because&#8230;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1100\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3511-e1467557544222.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1100\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1100\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3511-e1467557544222-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"There is a special car on the train for bikes--and we were told you have to pay a full fare for your bike to take it along.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3511-e1467557544222-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3511-e1467557544222-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There is a special car on the train for bikes&#8211;and we were told you have to pay a full fare for your bike to take it along.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1098\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3510-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1098\" class=\"wp-image-1098 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3510-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"The trains were smooth and fast. Two carloads of school children rode the train, apparently on a school trip to Amsterdam. We never saw a school bus in the Netherlands--bike and bus are the way school kids travel.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3510-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3510-1.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The trains were fast, with minimum transfer time. Two carloads of school children rode the train, apparently on a school trip to Amsterdam. We never saw a school bus in the Netherlands&#8211;bike and bus are the way school kids travel.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1094\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1094\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1094\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3509-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Smooth and clean inside the train.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3509-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3509-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smooth and clean inside the train.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1095\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_8131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1095\" class=\"wp-image-1095 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_8131.jpg\" alt=\"In Amsterdam--Bickersgracht Canal view from our apartment.\" width=\"810\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_8131.jpg 810w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_8131-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_8131-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Amsterdam&#8211;Bickersgracht Canal view from our apartment.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We said goodbye to our Road Scholar group on Sunday night, and on Monday morning we caught a local bus that would take us to a train in Nunspeet, which would take us to another train in Amersfoort, which would &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/?p=1089\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4,5],"tags":[49,50],"class_list":["post-1089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arch","category-cycling","category-fam-friend","tag-ams","tag-holland-cycling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_3506-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3QqGi-hz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sayjack.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}