Amsterdam

Day 3 of our cruise we spent in Amsterdam, 

the capital city of the Netherlands.

 

We spent time exploring the city,
Annie, Suzanne and I visited the Botanical Gardens
while Sabrina, Mathieu and Martin visited the
Art Galeries.

 

 

Royal Palace Of Amsterdam

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum 

We walked in the old part of the city

Bicycles are the main means of travel in Amsterdam.

 

A Street light for bicycles.

Some building in the old part of Amsterdam

 are built on wetlands with wooden  

 stilts holding up the building. 

The houses are leaning caused by soil sinking.

Many canal houses were deliberately
built with a forward tilt 
(the white house on the right) to hoist
 furniture and goods using the beam 
at the top of the building without hitting
 and damaging the building.

Amsterdam has over 100 km of canals, 

known as 'Venice of the North"

 

Anne Frank was a German born Jewish 

girl who perished in the Holocaust. 

She had kept a diary documenting

 her life while in hiding with her

 family in an attic in Amsterdam

from the Germans, the family was later 

 captured and died in a concentration camp. 

After the war ended, her diary was found

and many books published on her story.  

A line up for the Anne Frank Museum, one

 of the most popular tourist sites visited. 

 

An eatery

 

The official language of Amsterdam is Dutch 

Rembrandt Art Museum

 

Sabrina in front of the Artists' Museum. 

Some Paintings from the Museum

Van Gogh - Self-Portrait 💛

It's time to return to the ship

and this notice on our monitors.

2 more days at sea.

Some photos in the North Sea

Shirley Temple

We didn't win anything 

This slide is at the top of the ship

No we did not take it.

We're in the North Sea heading towards Norway.

Thanks for your visit.

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