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Up at 5.45.
Beautiful breakfast at the Ibis Amsterdam.
On our way at 7.15am.
Spectacular sunrise.
I was also trying to capture on film the wonderful white streaks across the sky left by the aeroplanes as they criss cross the sky.
These have been absolutely everywhere.
I watched them....
While laying on the pebbles on the beach in Nice....
Over the ruins of Pompeii...
On top of the mountain over The Acropolis ...
On the ship crossing the Adriatic ....
Unbelievable.
There have been blue skies everywhere.
We had one day that it drizzled lightly for an hour. That's it.
Magnificent weather.
Went into Amsterdam late yesterday afternoon.
Wandered around the main streets and stood, open mouthed watching all the bikes race past.
There are thousands of them!
Thousands.
They have a 3 storey bike park at the railway station and it only holds 1/3 of the bikes!
I think the guide said there are 500,000 bikes in Amsterdam.... And the population of the city is 750,000. ( It might have been the other way round. )
And they are such basic bikes... No gears.
Because the whole country is flat.
But they do have bells! And they use them.
There are special bike routes and they have priority.
Not much time to explore but then onto the Canal Cruise. This was lovely. Perfect evening.
Saw Anne Frank's house and marvelled at the size of the attic/roof area.
Saw wonderful barges and tall thin houses on either side.
Law was that everyone should have access to the canals... So blocks of land were very narrow but long... Hence tall, thin houses.
Beautiful scenery, trees just starting to change colour.
( We have just crossed the border into Belgium and hit a traffic jam on the freeway... Toilet stop looking further and further away.)
Driven into fog after that magnificent sunrise.
After the Canal Cruise, it was onto dinner.
This was magnificent!
Great little restaurant... Great food.
Pea soup with sausage
Pork ribs
Ice cream and pancakes.... (Nothing green or 'forestie' about it. )
Ate way too much but had fun.
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Simone Oh i hope you yelled WINDMILL when you passed this one!!!!;)
Simone And this one!!!
Connie deHaan Did you run into any of my rellows???????????? LOL