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Swans on the Canals Church of St. Nicholas Afterward we went back to the boat. I ran the scooter on the side of the water where it wasn't cobblestones, and it was much more comfortable, but that made Mike nervous. Scootering on the smooth edge of the water The boat ramp has cleats on...

4 November 2022 We went down and sat at the same table and the waiter brings me cranberry juice without asking. I had the Wellness Bowl, which sounded good when the waiter said what it was - cinnamon apples. Wellness bowl It was OK but it had a lot of other stuff in it like strawberries and...

They took a photo of us at the entrance, and after it was printed, Lesl bought it and gave it to me. Lesley, me and Mike Millwheels at the entrance The site was completely paved with cobblestones First we saw them making wooden shoes. Shoemaker Wooden shoe workshop And then we went...

Mike and Lesley went out walking after they left me at the hotel. They surveyed the situation in the Red Light district and said that I wouldn't see anything there. But Lesley didn't understand - I didn't want to see the prostitutes in operation. I would have been happy just to see the street...

2 November 2022 I had a wake up call for 7:30, and Lesley came and got me and we went down to breakfast (which is included). Breakfast restaurant Mike had already eaten. I had poached eggs on spinach Eggs on spinach (I asked them to hold the ham and the Hollandaise sauce) and the eggs were...

There were three of my grandchildren that I had missed traveling with when they were young teens. Two of them had been 24 and 26 years old. I thought that maybe I could still travel with Mike or his brother or sister. Mike and his sister had visited his parents when his mother was on a job...

Then we went to a wooden shoe factory Granddaughter and Guide outside the shoe factory and they gave us a talk on making the cheese and showed us how they made the shoes. We got to taste some of the cheeses - or I did. (All this was what we missed on the Tulip canal cruise Bob and I took in...

Since we were to be picked up at 10, I didn't leave a wake-up call. I waked up at about 7 and got dressed and organized before I waked up my granddaughter. She had fallen asleep with her ear buds in and I had to touch her before she waked up. She does sort of spring awake immediately. We went...

Bridge traffic light Montelbaanstoren tower restaurant market stalls from the back Looking down the canal fancy lights bridge and boat Bridge stop light Girl in the window No alcohol zone bikes by the canal Swan escort We got the wheelchair back. Now to get back to the...

Jug in the window of the Monkey Bar Older buildings have smaller bricks Delft store Logo on the Blue Delft store Doelen Hotel-the oldest hotel in Amsterdam. Rembrandt lived here for a period of time and painted the Nightwatch in a room on the third floor. Swan in a canal He asked...

The National Monument on Dam Square (Dutch: Nationaal Monument or Nationaal Monument op de Dam), Amsterdam, is a 1956 World War II monument in the Netherlands Madame Tussaud Munt Tower orphans depicted in a fake window on the wall Former orphanage door Nun statue - or more accurately...

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 minutes to get to Rotterdam..it took us about 1 1/2 hours. There were three places where we had one-way traffic due to road construction, and the lines...

Golden Age The last part of the main exhibit was "The Golden Age" . To show their gratitude for the city's loyal stand, William of Orange and the States of Holland awarded Alkmaar the Weight House revenues. Painting of the Weight House 1660. It was mainly cheese that was weighed and traded...

It got to be about 12 and we went out for lunch. Statue of a shepherd near the canal I decided to go to the museum cafe. This is the building opposite the church. In addition to the library, this is where the museum is and also an Art Center Stichting Bibliotheek Kennernerwaard Museum...

Disembarkation All the people who were last to get off (9:00) had brown luggage tags. We had brown luggage tags as we were not flying out today. The AmaViola moved over and rafted on the AmaStella in the evening. Bob thought this would be a problem, but it wasn't so much of one. With luggage in...

Most of our group came back to the bus early and did not wait for the guide at the designated location Going back to the bus parking lot I took photos on the way back. Some of them I have no idea what their significance was. Yellow lady statue Green flags Flower cars Purple nose Silka...

We rode the ship around to Dordrecht View from our cabin near Dordrecht The people who went to Kinderdjilk had a very cold, windy and wet trip Flowers on the ship That evening, we had the talk about disembarkation, and met the crew. Meeting the crew - Chefs Our cabin steward Wine...

Bellevue Restaurant and Wine Bar This is right on the harbor, According to the website, there is the Merlot Winebar adjacent to the terrace along the inner harbor of Willemstad and the Salon Liem Sian &; Salon Wigant upstairs. The Traces of War website says: Willemstad was right in the...

Wall opposite the guardhouse The fort was built with two entrances - one if by land and one if by sea. The land entrance has a gatehouse where the gate keeper lived and that still survives. I did not get out to the gatehouse, but this was the sea entrance The Arsenal I took some photos of the...

I went on a more wide ranging safari. First I had to get off the ship but there was sand at the bottom of the ramp which of course meant that I got stuck there. Next to the dock A very brief setback and soon overcome. Windmill from the ship I went and took photos of the lighthouse and what...