Go to Amsterdam First (1950, 1965, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2022)
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After we left Belgium, we took the train to Amsterdam.
Rosalie Ann with her paraphernalia in RR station in Europe
Railroad station
Train...
This was from a letter my mom wrote in 1965:
We expected to have several hours in Rotterdam for a visit with K.. but instead of taking us 50...
The next time I was in the Netherlands I didn't ended in Amsterdam instead of starting there. I started by disembarking a Holland American cruise...
24 June 2009
The Rotterdam docks in Rotterdam
I asked for early embarkation. We got luggage tags marked Pink 5, with a time of 0700 to 0730...
We went back down to the cab
Village near Kinderdijk
and he drove us to Kinderdijk which is a
Windmill Museum
The cab driver gave us each a...
B rented a bicycle for about $5.00 and was quite happy about that.
I paid the € 2 for her to see the mill that was open
Granddaughter going to...
My granddaughter on a rented bike
Her photos of her handlebars and the path
She did ask me for her juice which she had rejected.
Her picture...
The taxi driver took us back to the Rotterdam
Tiny car
Drawbridge
Lipton Iced Tea ad
Granddaughter walking in
We were back at the hotel...
We went down to the restaurant again at 6 and met my internet friends from Virtual Tourist. Pieter set up the meeting. We met at our hotel (The...
25 June 2009
View from our room
When I checked in yesterday, the receptionist told me I could have breakfast at the hotel for €18 instead of 20...
Views from the train
From the train
We went the wrong direction in Amsterdam too and ended up at the back of the station instead of the front...
Taking the elevator down
We had skipped lunch and when we went out to the front of the hotel and there was a quite lively scene with people...
26 June 2009
Today we are going to be doing the hop-on-hop-off canal boat cruise of Amsterdam. This is mostly photos so it will be multiple...
Continuing on the Green Line
House with awnings
Architecture
Little power boat
Willow near the Museum stop
so I decided that the thing...
Sandwiches
By this time it was noon, so we walked back along the kiosks and I bought a coke for B
Coke sign
Sandwiches
My granddaughter...
I had really wanted to ride the blue line which starts AND stops at the same place, doing a complete circuit. So we got off at the City Hall stop...
Now to get back to our hotel. I went to the information desk that was there and took a number to buy a tram ticket at about 4:45.
My number to be...
27 June 2009
Went down to the lobby leaving B still in bed (she sleeps a lot), and got a taxi to the main PO with my package. Most taxi drivers...
Bed of red tulips - Keukenhof
I had my eye on a river cruise in the Holland to see the tulips for some time. I had many discussions with my...
Changing planes in Heathrow, the wheelchair person at the gate tried to get me to walk up the gangway - not going to happen. So she pushed me to...