Writing my name across Europe

Easiest transit of the trip Another fair night’s sleep in the pod. This morning’s breakfast was ‘pre-ordered’ at the BUNK hotel. It was quite satisfactory, though served cold but for the poached egg. I spent some time compiling yesterday’s blog entry, sitting in the main foyer area of the hotel. I didn’t get anywhere near finished. While doing that, I was toying with the idea of leaving my bag at the hotel and going to do the DomUnder tour, which visits ancient Roman archaeology under the Dom plaza at the Domkirk. Eventually, I decided I was a bit flat from a big day of sight-seeing yesterday and should hold my energy for the transit to Amsterdam, which wasn’t going to be difficult, but I did want it to be done. After checking out of the BUNK, I went through Hoog Catharijn specially to capture the images below. It is a vast sapce that, for a shopping mall, is much more appealing than the ones we have at home. To my mind, it speaks to the idea of building something to be a place, rath...

A charming city and what a tower! The main area of the BUNK hotel (from the front door) Sleeping in a pod is interesting. Everyone respects the keeping quiet thing but you can’t help people snoring. And the pod is small enough (essentially a tube that’s as wide as a single bed, about 7 feet long, that you can sit up on without banging your head) that I knocked the side wall with an elbow a couple of times during the night, which other sleepers might have heard. It’s comfortable as a bed and warm, so that was what really counts. I was assigned a top-bunk pod. I’d avoid that in future. Getting in and out is awkward. The main area of the BUNK hotel (looking back to the front door) As an experiment, the Pod thing has been worth it. I’m of the view that it’s a great, cheap option for a single night’s stay. It’s less suitable for more than one night, though, as there’s really nowhere private to just hang out (if you want to do that). The BUNK hotel is really nice. It’s a li...