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.

 

I add the photo of the Netherlands to distinguish
where Amsterdam is in the district of Holland.

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Royal Palace Of Amsterdam
built in the 1700's 

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum 

We walked in the old part of the city

We ended up in the "red light district"

unintentionally, kept walking and came

to these beautiful Botanical Gardens.

The Botanical Gardens of Amsterdam

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.

The beams sticking out at the tops of the

buildings, I explain in next photo.

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. 

She dreamed of becoming a writer. 

A line up for the Anne Frank Museum, one

 of the most popular tourist sites visited.

 

Tickets must be ordered months in advance 

 

An eatery

 

The official language of Amsterdam is Dutch 

Rembrandt Art Museum

 

Sabrina at the Museum 

Some Paintings 

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.

Visit the blog on the beautiful

 Botanical Gardens of Amsterdam

Next blog Norway.

We docked in 2 cities in Norway,

Geiranger and Alesund.

Thanks for your visit.

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