Our flight from Barcelona arrived in Amsterdam at 5 pm. Amsterdam has a beautiful airport, an indicaiton of the beautiful city we would be visiting. We found our way to the train, which we took into the town. From the Amsterdam South station, we took a 10 minute taxi ride to the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel. We had booked the hotel using Hotwire and got a great rate for a wonderful hotel in a nice residental neighboorhood.
Baerwalts were also visiting Amsterdam but their flight was later than ours. Their hotel, which they also go on Hotwire, was right across the street. After they arrived it was already around 8 pm, so we found out where we could walk for dinner. It was a nice pasta diner, I guess because we had spent so much time in Italy we were still into pasta.
The next morning we woke up to a beautiful view right outside our hotel window.

It was a cool and cloudy day, a good day to visit the museums and take a ride on the canal. We bought a 24 hour pass to the canal bus so we could use it both days.


It was a great way to see the city while staying warm.

That evening we went for a walk from our hotel.


We enjoyed the place we ate dinner last night so much that we went back there again for dinner.
The next day was cool but the sun was shining. A good day to see the city. We walked over to catch the tram and then caught the canal bus.

First stop was the flower market.

While they were all looking at the flowers, Franz walked a short distance get this photograph.

It was then back on the canal bus for some breathtaking views of the city.



We stopped at the Small Talk restaurant to get lunch.

Then a walk through the park back to the hotel since Baerwalts were departing that evevning.

That evening we went out on our own to catch the train up to a place called ?????. From there we walked up to the central train station.

The streets were filled with people. We bought a big paper cone filled with french fries. Later we had a nice dinner and then back to the hotel to get packed for tomorrow’s return home. It was a great vacation, one we will always remember.
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