2009

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 entry. This is the First entry View from our window We slept well and got up late. I figured the hop-on-hop-off canal trips wouldn't start too early...

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 by 11:00 and we had lunch at the hotel restaurant (called Water) so we could charge it to the room. Lunch buffet The restaurant looked out on the...

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 of herself Path along the top of the dykes Different type of windmill ' Dogs on lead Windmill door Side of the sail Powering the sail But...

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 see the windmill Walkway to the windmill Wooden shoes Old fashioned lamp, Clock and cupboard Bed and Pottery Stove Insides of the mill...

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 juice box, which B didn't want to take, so I took both of them. I had thought we might have a boat ride, but we were there too early for a boat trip...

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. Granddaughter's suitcase (and foot) I asked for breakfast at 5:30 to 6, and for a wake-up call at 5:15. Breakfast again came before the wake-up call...

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 ship in Rotterdam. Thi swas my third grandchild trip and I was with my 12 year old granddaughter. 23 June 2009 was a sea day and mostly connected...