We arrived at Brussels South Charleroi Airport late at night, and gave up walking to today's hotel.
Taxi from the airport to the hotel cost us 10 Euros.
We went to bed around 1 a.m.
About 7 hours later, we got up and prepare for leaving in haste to be in time for departure of bus for Charleroi-South Station.
I found Charleroi Pre-metro at the station, but no time to enjoy this city.
Charleroi Pre-metro
I bought two tickets for Antwerp ,and boarded Intercity train for Brussels Central.
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Brussels Central station
It's time to take train pictures.
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stairs at the station
SNCB AM RER
SNCB EL18 series
SNCB AM96 series
We hanged out around the station.
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Galerie St.Hubert
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Maison des Ducs de Brabant
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beer museum?
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Hotel de Ville
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West side of Grand Place
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Manneken Pis(Peeing boy)
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Jeanneke Pis(Peeing girl)
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restaurant near Jeanneke Pis
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Chinese restaurant named "Shanghai"
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Galerie St.Hubert again
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Chocolate shop
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Another chocolate shop
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Mont des Arts
We moved to Antwerp Central Station by Intercity train.
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Antwerp Central Station
This station consists of 3 stories platforms.
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Train on the second floor
We boarded Antwerp Pre-metro.
It's time to take pictures.
De Lijn 7200 series
De Lijn 7300 series
We moved from Diamant to Groenplaats.
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Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)
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In front of Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)
De Lijn 7300 series, running on the ground
From Groenplaats, we got back to Astrid near Antwerp Central Station.
No ticketing machine could issue international tickets(Even within Schengen Area)
It was troublesome to buy tickets for Utrecht, because we had to queue at a ticketing counter.
We boarded train for Amsterdam Central by Intercity.
SNCB AM80 series
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At Roosendaal station
Nederlandse Spoorwegen GTW series at Dordrecht
We changed trains at Rotterdam.
We boarded train for Groningen. For Japanese, Groningen sounds strange, because "Gro" means "spooky" and "ningen" means "Human" in Japanese Language.
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Change trains at Rotterdam
We got off at Utrecht and rushed a taxi to go to Miffy Museum. It was less than 1 hour before closing time of Miffy Museum.
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Miffy Museum(Nijntje museum)
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Singnal with Miffy
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Locker decorated with Miffy characters
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Entrance of Miffy museum
After enjoying Miffy, we walked all the way to Utrecht Central Station.
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Houses in Utrecht
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Houses in Utrecht
A train for Amsterdam Central we boarded was a non-stop service between Utrecht and Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA.
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA was the nearest station of today's hotel, which is the last hotel in this trip.
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Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA station seen from today's hotel
After finishing check-in at the hotel, we headed for Amsterdam Central.
In front of Amsterdam station
We took tram(GVB) from Amsterdam Central to Spui station.
We dropped in at a restaurant to eat dinner.
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Caesar salad
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Grilled beef
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The restaurant where we had dinner
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Streets
Since it was Friday, many bar-hoppers gathered each bar.
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Especially, bar named "Amstel" was crowded
Dam square
Dam square with tram
Dam station
We took Tram to Jan van Galenstraat metro station, and boarded metro for Gein to go back to Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA.
