So here we are at out trip’s final destination – Amsterdam! We arrived on Saturday June 13th and took a bus tour o f the city.
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- MS Treasures docked in Amsterdam
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- Typical House
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- Rijk Museum from the bus
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- The Milkmaid
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- Rembrandt’s The Night Watch
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- Ludens’s Copy
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- Intercontinental Amstel Hotel
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- Flower Market
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- Town Hall/Royal palace
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- Central Train Station
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- Houses along a canal
Then we visited the Rijks Museum for a tour of famous Dutch painters and after a canal boat tour with lunch. I then took a walk through the city, waked around the flower market and the Dam. I then stopped for a snack and local Heineken beer before heading back to the ship at 5:30 PM. We were entertained by a musical trio called “La Strada” .
Tomorrow I check into the Intercontinental Amstel and more walking tours of the city.
Hi Andy – Now you’re back on ‘terra firma’ what are your UK dates? There are plenty of cathedrals and castles to be explored round here!