Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Amsterdam, Holland (The Netherlands)

Start with a tour of town of Edam (a picturesque town from the 1600s), a cheese factory and some Windmills (very nice AND they actually served a purpose...) Made friends with a Dutch feline. Many wooden shoes in the gift shop and FINALLY affordable gifts!!! Lots of canals, cows, sheep and tourists on tour. Afternoon spent touring around Amsterdam on our own. Millions of bikes here, just like in Copenhagen, but here they are LOCKED up. Lunch at local cafe. Kevin: Hamburger. Gina: Apple pancakes. Window shopping in Red Light District (look but don't touch!), Magic mushroom stores and strong aroma of pot from the coffee houses. Watch out for contact buzzes and the muchies! Gina fires Kevin as tourguide as he misses R turn and we detour for a little bit. Mom's back starting to tighten so we ship her and dad back to the ship on the city tram. We tour the Jordaan neighbourhood for a bit then head to the Anne Frank Huis and do the tour. Pretty amazing. (You should read the book if you haven't) Amsterdam is canal central (and I bet very stinking and mosquito-ey in the Summer!). Witnessed bike/ped/bike accident, no-one hurt. Found way back to the boat. Dinner and coffee/dessert after. Mom gets tipsy from 'Captain's Call' (Coffee with Kahlua and Cognac). Good production show tonite. Hello Solarium (again!), got it all to ourselves. Very nice! (say it like Borat!)

Our Rating: Kevin 8 Gina 8

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