Our final day in Amsterdam was very relaxing. We both slept in, had breakfast and got packed in time for checkout. With our luggage stowed in the hotel's closet, we headed off for one last walk around Amsterdam. Since the Cat Museum was closed on Mondays...go figure... We took a quick foray back to the red light district to take a picture of something we both saw, but didn't photograph. Set in the brick pavers in the grounds of the Old Church is a small b...

We started the day unsure of our plans... We figured we would take a day trip, but had not decided where. We both woke up at various times in the early morning... Heard the rain pounding the window, and went back to sleep. After breakfast at the hotel, we decided to go to The Hague. I now have a Love/Hate relationship with Den Haag (The Hague). Things I Love: Peace. Peace is a good thing and The Hague is the home of the Peace Palace where the U.N. has i...

My mother is going to love us even more today because we took a million pictures and some video at Rembrandt's House Museum today (and, yes we bought a few postcards,too). We started the day with a quick walk through the Red Light District. Rick Steves warned us to keep our cameras in our bags in this neighborhood (due to reports of unhappy bouncers taking your camera) and I think we and our readers are happy we complied. There were several women in residence in...

Today was cool and sunny AND warm and rainy in alternating 1 hour cycles. What crazy weather systems they have in the Netherlands! I was happy that I grabbed a lightly bigger bag to carry around because I used everything in it, including the umbrella and the hoodie and sunglasses. We decided today would center around museums. We walked to the Museumplein which is headed by the Rijks Museum. Rijks sounds like "bikes" and is the main art museum of the Netherl...

We made it to our first destination without a hitch. First, we ran into Kath at the airport in Mpls, which made waiting for the plane go quickly. The plane was on time, both of our seat movie screens worked (for once!), the train from the airport to Amsterdam was quick and fairly easy. We walked to our hotel, which is in a great central location. The man at reception took one look at us and our luggage and asked if we were just getting off of a cruise. He sa...