Dusty Globe » Newcastle http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:04:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Ferry to Amsterdam http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2010/10/17/1052/ http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/2010/10/17/1052/#comments Sun, 17 Oct 2010 11:22:38 +0000 katya http://blog.newsok.com/dustyglobe/?p=1052 I left the UK yesterday and am now in Amsterdam hanging out on the free wifi in the hostel lobby, waiting for check-in time (another hour or so to go).

Originally I was planning on flying to Amsterdam on one of Europe’s various discount airlines, but in the end I decided to take the ferry across the North Sea. The ferry to Amsterdam leaves from Newcastle, so it ended up being very convenient.…

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Bridge over the river Tyne in Newcastle
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