Overnight to Leiden

It’s Tania’s birthday and for a change of pace we decided to take an overnight trip to Leiden.

This might be my favorite part of Holland so far. The botanical garden is far nicer than Amsterdam’s. There’s tons of history packed into a charming town center, great museums and without the masses of people in Amsterdam.

I get the feeling that we’re going to be priced out of Amsterdam at some point. Leiden and Utrecht are the frontrunners for where I’m guessing we’ll eventually settle.

An interesting bit of trivia from the city where the Pilgrims lived before setting sail to New England: the Bushes and Obamas are both descended from the pilgrims.