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University Application Diary: The Jump.

This is the FINAL (I cry) instalment in my University Application Diaries, where I share the thoughts and experiences I had in the run up to starting University in September 2016. In this FINAL (no, you're crying) 'episode', I went to firm my top two University choices on UCAS, and explain why I came to the decision I did! Thank you for following me on this journey - it feels weird publishing this a couple of days after I GRADUATED from the University of Kent. It was so nice to read back the reasons I chose Kent over three years ago, and then comparing it to my experience (more on that soooooon!). But for now, sit back, grab a cuppa, and enjoy.

P.S. For those of you currently working out what Uni to firm on UCAS (exciting times!), I listed my top 5 reasons I chose my Uni, and I hope they might help you make up your mind ☺️ (but really, following your gut is the best option 😉).

24/04/2016

So the other day Tom Daley rang me up and asked me to be on a new TV show of his...

I jest...I could never dive off a 10m platform!

I’ve finally done it, I’ve firmed and insuranced on UCAS!!

I never thought this day would come and I am so happy that I can finally say that I am down to start Ancient, Medieval and Modern History at the University of Kent on 17/09/16!! Oh help us all... And failing that, there is a slim chance I will be going to Royal Holloway to do History (so no unconditional for me 😢 Both Unis have the same grade requirements, hence the slim chance that if I don’t get into Kent, I’d get into R.H. - the admissions person said they’re less lenient on insurance choice candidates, which is fair enough). Not to be OTT, or Oscar-speech-like, but it’s been such as struggle to get everything done, and to get the right course on UCAS (over 4 months), it’s such a relief!!

Massive shout out to Sam Crooks BTW! I’m so sorry for pestering you so much, but you have been such a star in getting this all organised for me, and answering my endless emails, so thank you 100 times over! It is such a fitting end to the saga that you went on annual leave the day I got changed onto the right course, you deserve a break!

Anyways, for those of you interested in what makes you really want to do a course, apart from that gut feeling, these are the top 5 reasons I chose Kent!

The staff seem so friendly. Honestly, the lecturers seem so welcoming and lovely, and like they are there to educate, not because they have to lecture so they can do their research. Yes, if you’re being cynical, they may have been putting it on to sell the place, but let's be positive here, ok! This is a positive, glass half full space haha!
The course is ideal. I. Can. Do. The. Ancient. Egyptians. Do you know how hard it is to find a course with modules on Ancient Egypt, that isn Egyptology at UCL? Really hard. Other ancient history departments are mainly Greeks and Romans, so this is was such a fantastic discovery. Plus they have modules on the history of medicine (hehe) and this joint honours is about as much history I can do, ANYWHERE, in one degree!!!! Oh and it does help that quite a few modules are 100% coursework (exams and me don’t mix), as well as the fact that there are only 3 compulsory modules over the three years (two in year 1, and the third is your dissertation!). Hurrah for shaping you degree to the max 😄
They have so many societies that I am interested in. There is advanced Ballet, Latin and Ballroom (to get my strictly on!!), Costume Making, Harry Potter & Dr Who (and possibly Sherlock- basically I’m giving in to my inner geek) AND a non-drinking society (I have found my people!!). As you guys know, I have been freaking out about being a non-drinker at university, and the discovery of Are You Not Drinking Much (which fyi has a sister society at Reading) basically sold Kent to me, if nothing else. Hurrah!!
The city is fabulous. I would describe it as the York of the South. It is the right size for someone transferring from a small town, who's not used to massive cities; close to London; has good shops etc; and obviously Canterbury Cathedral (free entrance to students, hurrah!), who's library you can visit as part of some medieval modules, to look at their old books ☺️
The library is fab. Yes, I judge Universities on their libraries, but it is important that, as I’m doing history, it has sufficient books and study space. They’ve recently done it up, and I can’t wait to study there. I mean, TBH, I preferred York’s library, but no Ancient History there so what am I supposed to do?!

Anyways, I’m really hyped, but back to earth for a minute, need to revise to get there- to my Classics essay! (yes I wrote 2 blog posts in one go to avoid it...)

TTFN

Beatrice

Just joined us? Read my University Application Diaries from the beginning!:

Introduction, and thoughts on my final few months of sixth-form

University of York Applicant Day

Royal Holloway Applicant Day

Royal Holloway Choir Audition

University of Kent Applicant Day

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University Application Diary: Kent Uni Applicant Day

(excuse the weird picture, I had to blur out everyone's faces XD)

In the next part of my series looking back at my university application diary, I attend an applicant day at the University of Kent.

24/04/2016

So here we are, 7 open days, 1 audition, 1 History-at-Kent day, and 3 applicant days later, and my university research has finished 😥. Now all I have to do is firm (well I have now, but that’s for another blog post (keep you in suspense, not that it’s obvious or anything, haha)). I have finally found a moment (well I should be writing a classics essay but shhhh...) to document my time at Kent's Applicant Day (though it may be on the vague side as it was at least a month ago...)... Just give me a moment, trying to remember (squeezes eyes closed in “concentration”- very hard when Death of a Bachelor is playing in the background. How have I only just properly discovered Pan!c at the Disco?! On the topic of music, Cake by the Ocean is such a feel good tune. Really perks me up when essays get to me haha)

Right, got it!

When we arrived, we went over to Rutherford Dining Hall (cause Rutherford College is where history is based- yey, mazes (just a Kent ‘in joke’- feeling like I live there already haha!). Anyways, we signed in, and sat down with tea (the parents not me cause I don't like said beverage, I know, I’m a true Brit) and biscuits, before being called row by row to go on a two hour tour of campus until lunch (including the library, catered (finally- I hadn’t seen any in real life ‘til then) and self-catered accommodation, the gym (awkwardest experience of my life...) and everywhere else that I can’t currently think of- got to be honest, didn’t realise how big campus was until the tour haha). Anyways, afterwards we went to have lunch (free woo!) at Rutherford Dining Hall, which was a great insight into what I’d be eating next year if I go catered. The lasagne was fab BTW. We also talked to the lady on the accommodation stall who basically said that (don’t want to jinx it) you are highly likely to get first choice going catered as it’s less in demand than new self-catered like Turing for instance (she didn’t mention Turing specifically though, so don’t panic if you're thinking of applying for there). In the afternoon we had a talk from the history department, (in Grimmond building). It started with an intro from the Head of Admissions, followed by a talk from the history society, a 15 minute ‘taster lecture’ on the Bede, a talk on the transition from Sixth Form to University and a 15 minute taster lecutre on “People’s war in history”. There was then an opportunity to chat to lecturers outside the lecture theatre to get questions answered.

Anyways, afterwards we tracked down the admissions person we had been speaking to about changing the course code to the right one on UCAS and she said that she could get it done soon (i.e. before freshers week which is when I had originally been told it would be changed). We also had a chat to the medieval historian who’d done the Bede talk.

Anyways, basically I had a fab time at the open day and was pretty happy to make it one of my choices.

It took a little longer than expected to change the course code (ie it only got changed last Friday (the 15th if anyone’s counting)- it was so exciting coming back from ballet to see the ‘something has changed on UCAS track’ email! I have had a problem sorting out student finance cause they didn’t recognise the course code, but after talking to the classics department (who will run the course I want to do), they forwarded my concerns to the right person and got it sorted the same day - I am yet to check if it works now, but they said they’ve added it to the data base! (edit: it did) Oh and the funniest thing, when the course got changed, they said, I am their first ever Ancient, Medieval and Modern History Student (oh yeah!!).

I think that’s everything for now, it rambled a lot at the end, sorry about that...

TTFN

Beatrice

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University Application Diary: My Audition for Royal Holloway's Choral Scholarship

In the next part of my series looking back at my university application diary, I audition to become a Choral Scholar at Royal Holloway. I talk about my last minute preparation process, the audition itself, and advice for those thinking of applying. The TL;DR? Give yourself long enough to prepare!

(As always, X refers to the university I actually attend.)

11/05/16

So, urrrr long time no see. It’s currently the day before I go back to school for my LAST EVER TERM OF 6th FORM (help me)! I am fuelled by coffee and procrastinating from writing a Classics past paper and planning a history essay (will I ever understand part B’s?) by writing some long overdue posts (this one and one about my X applicant day).

I thought I would start by establishing that, no I did not get the choral scholarship at Royal Holloway (wells up) but yes I did manage to learn 2 pieces of music in 6 days with only 1 1/2 hours of proper practise with my choir master and piano teacher (if you’re interested I sang Haec est Regina Virginum by Handel (beautiful) and Adoration by Frank Bridge (in a word, bleugh. All the recordings were by tenors and basses (I would not have chosen, but I had 6 days so I just went with what my choir master recommended)). On reflection, I should have mentioned my limited prep time, as you have to learn pieces quickly to be part of the choir).

Anyways, NO REGRETS!

It was a bit of a roller-coaster ride of emotions really. My choir master was on a wifi free holiday the week I found out about the scholarship, so by the time he found out and said he’d help I had 6 days to get my form in (which I did, with an extension to get my music pieces sent to them). Then, by the time he’d chosen music, I had 6 days to learn them... (yey!- but he is very busy so I don’t blame him for anything). I had one practise the Sunday before which was pointless as, after him turning up 1/2 an hour late due to problems fixing his computer at the Mac store, loads of choir members were milling around getting ready for evensong (the practise was at church). I HATE singing on my own in front of people, meaning I didn’t sing properly out of sheer terror (not helped by a woman who decided the best thing to do was to stand over the piano to look at what I was singing (woman, why?!)). So yeah, a waste of a practise. Then on Tuesday, I had a lesson with my piano (who also teaches singing) teacher, which went better as I’d practically taught them to myself singing along to Spotify by then. HOWEVER, I also discovered how hard sight singing was by yourself (I’m fine within a group as I tune into the person next to me) and with 5 days to go, I knew that even with the grade 7 sight singing book my teacher left me I wasn’t going to get very far (the one given to you is a VERY HARD 4 part piece of music in LATIN grrrr- examples are on their website. It’s like they want you to fail haha). I had my last practise with my choir master after choir practice 2 days before the audition which went fine as I knew the pieces well by then, having sung them every day in my room. (Side note, this experience has made me less conscious of singing with other people in the room, as this time I wasn’t fazed by other people in the room with me (probably because I knew the pieces better)).

Anyways, onto the audition. We got to Royal Holloway with about 45 minutes to spare so we chatted to the choral scholars in the signing in area (who were really nice, which doesn’t help the fact that I didn’t get in as they seemed like the sort of people I would have loved to have been friends with- you all live together in Founders building). Funnily enough, one of them was the niece of my GP ("It’s a small world after all..."). We also got talking to a guy doing Liberal Arts- if he ever reads this, I just want to say thank you as you walked me over to the practise room and really helped calm my nerves. 15 minutes before my audition (the first after lunch, yey...), I was taken to a practise room (ie the choir master’s office) and practised my pieces (which sounded fab if I do say so myself) and, after a nerve wracking wait outside the chapel where I would audition, I entered. The 3 judges (who were the choir master, a choral scholar and the choral administrator (I think)) sat opposite me, XFactor stylee, and the piano (played by the organ scholar) was next to me. They provided a stand, but I just held my music as I’ve never really used a stand before. I must have looked so amateur haha. I was really taken aback, as instead of introducing themselves etc they just said, Hi. What is your first piece? (so that felt a bit cold and off putting, but in their defence they only have 15 minutes). I took about 30 seconds to choose which one (Adoration, to get the worst out the way) and sung it ok, but pretty badly, with faltering notes and poor breathing. The same happened with the other one and I just wanted to stick my head in a hole like an ostrich as I knew I hadn’t done enough (If only they knew how much better I’d sounded in practise haha). It didn’t help that the organ scholar didn’t pause when I did, meaning I was rushed and got behind grrrrrr (even if it wasn’t written on the music, my piano teacher said he should have. Ah well...). They then went onto sight singing (with the choir master playing the underneath parts), where after playing the first bar including my line, the pianist played the underneath parts with me singing soprano by myself, although I apparently sung the alto line without realising (see what I mean about me adapting to what someone else is doing? haha). He stopped, got me to sing the 1st note of the second line to help me, and then started again, but I have no memory for notes and forgot it as soon as I started again from the beginning. I tried to carry on, but I made it half way through the second line and broke down into tears, left the chapel to ‘calm down’ (I couldn’t stop for about 4 hours...) and then went in to answer standard questions (why R-H, have you had singing lessons (not until this)). That was the obvious time to mention my lack of prep time, and how I sight sing in a group, but (turn it into a positive) am a quick learner! But I wasn’t thinking straight.

I then said thank you, rushed back to my parents, (well, a chorister walked me back and said don’t worry the sight singing is meant to be hard and others cry and get in etc etc), broke back down in tears and went in a side room to talk things through.

A few days later, I got an email saying (surprise surprise) I didn't get in, but hey ho, makes firming X easier.

Anyways, I hope this was helpful to anyone thinking of auditioning to be a Royal Holloway Chorister and gives you an insight into the process. I know that the process changes as I had been in contact with someone my choir master knew who was a scholar (in 2014 I think) beforehand, and what she explained would happen (they chose the pieces, there would be a range test) didn’t happen for me. If I can give you any advice, it would be: know your pieces; be comfortable singing in front of others; and know how to sight read (they have examples on their website which I should have used tbh) as you need to be good at this to pick up things fast.

So there you go, my experience of an audition at Royal Holloway. If you are a soprano, like myself, make sure you are fully prepared so you stand out (in a good way) as the list of auditionees was outside the choir office and the majority of people auditioning the same day as me were sopranos. There was also an opportunity to practise with the choir and then sing with them during evensong, but I was in no state to sing (plus I was super embarrassed and didn’t want to go near anyone I had auditioned in front of haha).

So yeah, not a great day, but like I said, it makes taking X's offer easier, and at least I had a go!

TTFN

June

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3 years later...

Oh gosh, I'd forgotten all the intricacies of the day, and to be honest, I welled up a little reading this back. On reflection, I am so glad I didn't get in. The choir would have taken over my life and I wouldn't have been able to join any of the other societies I wanted to try (ballet and ballroom). Yes, the knowledge that I would have a automatic group of friends with the other scholars was a nice idea, but I have made so many friends at university, both in my first year flat, my course, and societies I have joined, that it wasn't actually much of an advantage (and I might not have gotten on with any of them and would have then been stuck with them for 3 years!). Yes, it would have been an amazing opportunity, but equally the university has to come before anything else, and Royal Holloway was not the right fit for me, but a close second to the uni I ended up choosing.

Either way, I hope this gives you an insight into the audition process for Royal Holloway's Choral Scholarship. Things may have changed since 2016, and yes I haven't given it the most positive view, but if you prep more than me, then you'll do just fine. LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES 😂

Good Luck!

June xx

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My Amsterdam Break on £200 (Part 3) - Activities

Ah Amsterdam. This beautiful city really did steal my heart a little bit. From the canals to the fairy lights, the city really does feel a little magical.

As students, holidays come with a tight budget, something my friend and I experienced for the first time in Sweden a couple of years ago (you can read about that here). On that trip, we discovered two things: £250 is a great budget, and 3 days is the perfect length of time to explore a city. Having flitted between many places in Europe we finally settled on Amsterdam. With the challenge of replicating our successful holiday-on-budget blueprint, we travelled to The Netherlands for 3 days in the second week of January 2019, to escape our responsibilities before our final term of university started.

The best bit?

We only spent £200!

In this 3-part blog series I hope to give you an insight into what we got up to, so you too can travel to Amsterdam whilst on a budget, covering everything from travel and accommodation, to food and activities. In the final part of the series, I'm talking about activities: what we did in those precious 72 hours in Amsterdam. Believe me when I say that we avoided the clichés...

Who Needs a Tour Guide?

As we arrived late on day one, and only went into the city to eat dinner, we decided to dedicate the first part of day two of our trip to exploring the city. Whilst I did find a self guided walking tour (where you had to pick up the instructions from a café - I can't find the website for it, sorry...), by the time we got to the pick up spot, we felt we had seen most of the route already (including Anne Frank's house, who's door is to the side of the entrance to the very busy museum). Instead, we decided to give Google Maps a well earned break and simply wander the streets for a couple of hours to see what what we would find. I personally think this is just as good as a canal tour, even if you don't get a full explanation for what you are seeing, because you get to explore the streets which don't have a canal, and it's free! One of the best things we stumbled upon was the Magna Plaza, which was stunning inside. It also still had its Christmas decorations up which, for an elf-in-training like me, was an added bonus.

Spa Zuiver

In the afternoon, my friend and I headed off out of town for the peak moment of our trip - a spa day. We discovered that morning that there is a deal going on, so called up to transfer onto the deal (reduced entry and free cake!). This 'Anniversary Deal' seems to be a long-term one, so take advantage of it if you can. My friend and I spent 5 hours there, going through their many saunas (including the 8 outside we almost missed), chilling in a hot tub and experiencing a loyly (where they place scented water on the sauna coals and waft it at you with a towel - it's much better than it sounds, honest!). Never in my life have I not wanted to leave a place more than this - it was so relaxing. To top it all off we were able to go on a swimwear day (needless to say, I am far to British for the whole spa-in-your-birthday-suit experience 😂). Would 100000000% recommend this place - I will definitely be returning!

Van Gogh Museum

Take it from the history student who dislikes museums: this is a fantastic museum. Over three floors (which are all accessible from the ground floor so you can break for lunch), the museum has displayed their HUGE collection of artwork in chronological order to give you a full account of the iconic artist's life. Incorporating images by his friends and inspirations, as well as development sketches by Van Gogh and letters he wrote (the museum was set up by his family), you really get a sense of how he created his works and the process behind his masterpieces. Furthermore, the text they provide next to the artworks describes the pieces in such a way that you can really understand the meaning behind the pieces, and why they were painted in the way they were - all the way down to the colour selection! The ticket price might be high, but it is worth every penny.

Cost Breakdown

Spa Zuiver: €18.50/£16.20
Van Gogh Museum: €19/£16.64
Postcards from Van Gogh Museum: €2/£1.75

Total: £34.59/€39.50

And so concludes the final instalment of my Amsterdam on a Budget series on my blog. Missed the first two posts? Click the links below to view them:

Travel and Accommodation
Food

Have you ever been to Amsterdam? What was your favourite activity?

Where would you recommend I travel to next?

June xx

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My Amsterdam Break on £200 (Part 2) - Food

Ah Amsterdam. This beautiful city really did steal my heart a little bit. From the canals to the fairy lights, the city really does feel a little magical.

We only spent £200!

In this 3-part blog series I hope to give you an insight into what we got up to, so you too can travel to Amsterdam whilst on a budget, covering everything from travel and accommodation, to food and activities. In this, the second part of the series, I'm talking about cheap eats, not-so-cheap-but-worth-it dining experiences.

Food

Day 1

Amsterdam appealed because it catered so well to our dietary requirements – believe me, trying to find dairy-free, veggie food is no easy feat. On the first night we splurged a bit and tried Indonesian food, something The Netherlands are known for. We went to Indrapura which sold Rice Plates, a selection of small courses to share which seems to be something that originated in The Netherlands, rather than being an Indonesian import. For £20 each it was a bit pricy, but hey, it was great food. Whilst 20 plates may sound like a lot, because we had the vegetarian option the food was lighter, and believe me when I say the plates were smaaaaalllllll! Believe it or not, I considered desert XD The best part though? My discovery of deep fried bananas. They taste like Churros and are the most beautiful thing I have ever eaten (no exaggeration). Turns out you can get them in Chinese restaurants in the UK, so you can guess what I’ll be ordering next time I get take-out hehe. One question I do have though: why all the peanut butter? Like I can stand peanut butter, but on nearly every dish?! Let’s just say, if you have a peanut allergy, I’d avoid Indonesian food…

Day 2

For lunch we had Indian at 29 Spices where you can 'build your own curry.' The food was so good, if a little too spicy for me and my can't-even-take-lemon-and-herb-at-Nando's palette.

For our second dinner, we discovered The Vegan Junk Food Bar. Oh my gosh this was, again, so so good! I keep dreaming about it every time I remember it's existence 🙈 They serve a limited range of food, mostly different types of vegan burgers, but it tasted so good! And for those of you who hate finger food, like myself, despite serving fast food, they do give you cutlery (I panicked so you don't have to 😉 ) .

Day 3
On the final day, despite staying up until 1am looking for somewhere affordable to eat in the Museum district that suited our needs, we ended up eating at the Van Gogh museum café. Whilst it was very fancy (they had wine dispensers), there were some more affordable options, such as soup, and the food was good.

The best food we had that day, however, was a huge Stroopwafel from a stand at a market called The Original Stroopwafel. The man makes them as you order (they only take a few seconds) and will dip them in chocolate should you wish. The best bit? They only cost between €1.50-€2 (£1.31-£1.75). And for those of you thinking 'But I thought you were on a dairy free diet?!': dairy pills were made for moments like this 😉

For our evening meal, we simply grabbed food at Starbucks at the fancy, if disappointing-on-food-options, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol before flying home.

Cost Breakdown:

Flying out airport Starbucks: £4.75 / €5.42
Indrapura: £17.53/€20
29 Spices: £7.45/€8.50
Vegan Junk Food Bar: £12.44/€14.20
Van Gogh Café: ≈ £7.01/€8
Original Stroopwafel: £1.75/€2
Leaving airport Starbucks: £7.76/€8.85

Total spent on food: €66.97/£58.65

Stay tuned for the final part of my Amsterdam-on-a-budget series. Once all three have been uploaded, I will post links to the other two parts below:

Travel and Accommodation
Activities

Have you been to Amsterdam? What were your favourite food spots?

June xx

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My Amsterdam Break on £200 (Part 1) - Travel and Accommodation

Ah Amsterdam. This beautiful city really did steal my heart a little bit. From the canals to the fairy lights, the city really does feel a little magical.

We only spent £200!

In this 3-part blog series I hope to give you an insight into what we got up to, so you too can travel to Amsterdam whilst on a budget, covering everything from travel and accommodation, to food and activities. In the first part of the series, I'm talking about travel and accommodation - from how to decide on your destination for your budget holiday, to the beautiful budget hotel we discovered.

The first thing to figure out was WHERE?

What really influenced our destination of choice was travel costs. Over around 2 months, we flitted between Prague, Cologne, and even Moldova, before settling on Amsterdam (somewhere both cheap to fly to, and stay at). To help us find the best place to travel to, we kept an eye on Ryan Air's website, as well as SkyScanner, which allowed us to compare the costs of flights to lots of different locations. We ended up using EasyJet, because the new bag restrictions with Ryan Air made them more expensive, which resulted in my friend sending me countless articles about the many failings of Ryan Air in glee.

The other part of travel (which we did not look into properly) was transport to and from the airport. Once we got our heads around their train system when we arrived, we bought our tickets and off we went (GoogleMaps was a life saver - as it was for basically the whole trip!)

The other where to sort out was our accommodation...

As students, we get 10% off various travel websites with websites such as UniDays, so ended up booking through Expedia. We have so far avoided using Hostels (mainly cause I don’t think our parents are massively keen on the idea, and neither am I to be honest) and have found some great budget hotels so far. We finally came across a chain of hotels called The Student Hotel. There are two in Amsterdam, and we were at the West one. These hotels are very modern, and set up slightly like how a Student Hub is presented in films and on TV. We paid for the cheapest room, but were upgraded when we arrived (no idea why) so ended up with a kitchenette, which we would have made more use of had we known! The hotel offers breakfast, but as continental isn’t our favourite, they are €8 per day, and dietary restrictions left little to eat, we popped into Lidl on our walk over and picked up pastries, ginger bread and bananas to act as a much cheaper breakfast (they cost €3 total!). The room was gorgeous, as was the bathroom, and I would recommend them to anyone travelling, student or not (we did spy some older guests there). I mean, they even gave us Stroopwafels when we arrived AND sometimes have bikes available for hire!

The hotel staff were super helpful, and sold us our transport cards (€12 for 48 hours) which were so useful (unlimited travel on trams and the metro!) and made working out the transport system so much easier. One thing to note is that they didn’t cover buses, which we got caught out on – make sure you know what’s covered!

Finally, our hotel was right by a direct metro into town, the M50. We didn't realise this when we booked it, but it was such a great, and convenient, bonus. Can you tell I quite liked this place?

Their public transport is so clean (and quiet)!

The one ‘downside’ is that they don’t have any twin beds, so if you’re travelling with a friend and you’re not up for sharing a bed to further reduce the cost of the hotel, then the price will go up a smidge.

Cost Breakdown

Flights: £33.21/€37.92
Accommodation: £40.75/€46.53

48 hour metro and underground ticket: £10.95/€12.50

Bus Ticket: £2.80/€3.20

Train from Schiphol airport to city: £2.80/€3.20

Train from city to Schiphol airport: £2.80/€3.20

City Tax paid upon arrival to hotel: £5.09/€5.81

Total: £98.40/€112.36

Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 of my Amsterdam-on-a-budget series. Once all three have been uploaded, I will post links to them below:

Food

Activities

Have you ever been to Amsterdam? How did you get there and where did you stay?

June xx

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University Application Diary: The Jump.

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Farewell June

OMG she still exists?!

So so much!

Hi, I'm Beatrice, and welcome to my blog!

University Application Diary: Kent Uni Applicant Day

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University Application Diary: My Audition for Royal Holloway's Choral Scholarship

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My Amsterdam Break on £200 (Part 3) - Activities

We only spent £200!

Who Needs a Tour Guide?

Spa Zuiver

Van Gogh Museum

Cost Breakdown

Total: £34.59/€39.50

My Amsterdam Break on £200 (Part 2) - Food

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We only spent £200!

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My Amsterdam Break on £200 (Part 3) - Activities

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Who Needs a Tour Guide?

Spa Zuiver

Van Gogh Museum

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My Amsterdam Break on £200 (Part 2) - Food

We only spent £200!

Food

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My Amsterdam Break on £200 (Part 1) - Travel and Accommodation

We only spent £200!

The first thing to figure out was WHERE?

The other where to sort out was our accommodation...

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