Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Our travel into the Netherlands required the cruise ship to wind down a river to a berth in Amsterdam.  We were able to see a high speed pontoon boat and several farms and other interesting buildings.  We came in during the early evening and stayed overnight.  Many folks went off the ship to visit the Amsterdam night life, but Karen was tired and my ankles were sore from the walking tour of Lubeck. So we just had a very enjoyable dinner and watched an entertaining show on the ship.  I tried to talk her into visiting the famous "red-light" district of Amsterdam but she would have none of it.  Our tour the next day took us to a 17th century community faithfully restored complete with working windmills.  After the windmill tour we embarked upon a very relaxing steam train ride through the Dutch countryside.  We had a nice lunch of Turkey and potatoes and then shopped at some tourist shops before our bus ride back to the ship.

A clock tower

 

Red Dutch ships

 

Swans in our wake

 

Dutch folks watching our ship

 

A Dutch ski area

 

A Dutch farm house

 

Some modern windmills

 

A tug boat awaits us

 

Our grand welcome to the Netherlands

 

A close up of a modern windmill

 

Old style working windmills

 

A restored 17th century Dutch street

 

More of the 17th century Dutch town

 

Another view of the street

 

My bride waiting for me to stop taking her picture

 

Another windmill

 

The foot bridge we crossed

 

Getting closer to the windmill

 

A Dutch sheep

 

 The windmill's grinding wheels

 

The wooden gear teeth

 

More of the wooden gears

 

Gears everywhere

 

A picture of another windmill from a windmill

 

Nice shadow

 

The windmill blades were made of cloth

 

Dutch houses on the riverfront

 

A modern power plant next to an old  one

 

The windmill we went inside of

 

Another fine picture of the Mrs.

 

Karen makes friends everywhere she goes

 

Cut-away view of the steam engine

 

The actual steam engine used for our train ride

 

We are riding what?

 

The Dutch have extensive flower farms

 

A wide angle view of the flower farm

 

Dutch cattle

 

Dutch horses

 

The train as it makes a corner

 

More horses

 

The church at the end of our train ride

 

A Dutch harbor

 

The hotel we had lunch at

 

A Dutch seaside street

 

Tourist shops along the way

 

A decorated high chair

 

A Dutch sailing ship, not sailing

 

More of the harbor

 

Our tour guide while in the Netherlands

 

The Hotel we had lunch in, again

 

She explained the cheese making process

 

Was I paying attention?

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