Saturday, May 30, 2015

More Amsterdam Part 2

 As soon as we returned to Amsterdam we decided to take a canal tour, since we had visited the tulip garden at the beginning of our river cruise instead of the canal trip.  Our boat was a vintage boat originally used by a lawyer to visit his clients. 





 We passed the poezenboot, a floating house for stray cats. 



 We found Nemo, who seems to have grown a bit since his movie. 






 An example of a leaning house. 


 We learned about how the buildings were constructed in the water. 

 We learned that during the plague, houses with infected people were painted black.  The people are gone, but the black remains. 
 The famous floating flower market, from the water side. 



Thursday, May 28, 2015

Amsterdam Part 2

 After our busy day in Budapest, we returned to Amsterdam for a few days.  Our first stop was the polders, the lands reclaimed from the sea.  We went to look at boats. 





 And then we took the long way back to the city.