from amsterdam to paris

we had our train booked, with our own seats reserved. however, when the train got to rotterdam (only a half hour from amsterdam), it somehow broke, so we were delayed. after the delay lasted about 15 minutes, they said it would be impossible for the train to continue, so we would have to get on another train. so we got on the train headed for brussels (which we were going to pass thorugh anyway), then in brussels we had to get on a train headed for paris. it wasnt so bad, really, except that we no longer had reserved seats, so we had to scramble to get seats, and hope that someone would not come to claim them. someone did come to claim one seat in brussels, but we found another seat really close, and it wasnt so bad. from brussels, it was nonstop, so we got to paris only an hour behind schedule (at 6).