Tues 19 may,  we cruised down the Rhone river from Avinon to Arles, a place where the Romans built a mini Rome, with Arena (scaled version of the colloseum), theatre and forum.
The town looks like the Romans have just left, it was founded by Julius Caesar himself.

Wed 20 may,   Carmel's birthday. We started the day at train station in Avignon, hopped on at front of train instead of rear, so had to drag ourselves plus heavy baggage through  a mile of carriages in fast train going 300 km hour.
Arrived in Amstetdam about 3 pm . Zoe at hotel told us that many tourist get  lost, but did not warn us about the kamakase bike riders. However we survived and ended the day in an Italian restaurant.