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Traveler Amsterdam
- Apr 14, 2022, 2:00am · ☁️ 10 °C Altitude: 3 m
  Netherlands North Holland Gemeente Amsterdam De Wallen Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station 52.379, 4.899952°22’44” N 4°53’60” E
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Day9
Last thoughts & misc pics!
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Amsterdam is a beautiful place to visit. The people we met were great! We found it easy to navigate and fun to travel around. Public transportation is excellent and having a motor vehicle would more of a problem than using the local trams and trains.
We felt safe when walking the streets or getting around the city.

As we mentioned our hotel was cramped and expensive! The weather was cooler than we like but we didn’t let it stop us!

Would we go back? ABSOLUTELY!

This was our first trip after 2 years of COVID restrictions and put us in the mood for more travel!Read more
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Traveler Amsterdam
- Apr 13, 2022, 4:00pm · ☁️ 17 °C Altitude: 6 m
  Netherlands North Holland Gemeente Amsterdam Jordaan Rozentheater 52.373293, 4.88018652°22’24” N 4°52’49” E
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Day8
Our last afternoon!
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Walk to Jordaan again because it is a nice part of Amsterdam with café’s and restaurants. We had a drink by a canal and Dianne floated the idea of another canal cruise. We thought about it but decided that we would get some food and pack up our stuff for the trip back tomorrow. It was sunny and warm finally.Read more
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It’s amazing with the better weather how the city has transformed from your first day to now.
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Glad to see you took the selfie stick Dianne!
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Looks like a nice way to spend a sunny afternoon!
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Amazing!
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Traveler Amsterdam
- Apr 13, 2022, 10:00am · ☁️ 12 °C Altitude: 3 m
  Netherlands North Holland Gemeente Amsterdam Oud West Vondelpark 52.357649, 4.86745852°21’28” N 4°52’3” E
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Day8
Our last day! Vodelpark!
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Took the tram to Vondelpark and walked for about 90 minutes. Nice place to spend time with lots of birds, and water features. It is a park large enough to get lost in, or at least argue about how to get out.Read more
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Beautiful! And you two are very photogenic too!
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Traveler Amsterdam
- Apr 12, 2022, 5:00pm · ☁️ 20 °C Altitude: 11 m
  Netherlands North Holland Gemeente Amsterdam De Wallen 52.373074, 4.89872152°22’23” N 4°53’55” E
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Day7
Red Light District Walk
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We were told the Red Light District was a “must see”. We took in the Rick Steves walk in the late afternoon. There were museums & shops that one might expect, a lot of history; for example Europes first gay bar, the Old Kerk. There are many well attended restaurants and pubs lining the canal.

Oh, it was suggested no pictures, so we didn’t take any!Read more
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Seriously, where are the photos?
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Traveler Amsterdam
- Apr 12, 2022, 2:00pm · ⛅ 18 °C Altitude: 15 m
  Netherlands Provincie Gelderland Arnhem Eusebiuskerk 51.979605, 5.91108251°58’47” N 5°54’40” E
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Day7
More exhibits in Arnhem
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First three pictures is a farmers home, pictures from inside
Next, a Carpenters cabin

Next scene from a 1960’s home
Then a nun in front of a medical clinic
And last the tram that transports you around the parkRead more
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Traveler Amsterdam
- Apr 12, 2022, 9:00am · ☁️ 9 °C Altitude: 9 m
  Netherlands Utrecht Station Utrecht Centraal 52.088444, 5.10938652°5’18” N 5°6’34” E
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Day7
Off to Arnhem
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Today is a train trip to Arnhem where we will visit the Open Air Museum. It involves train and bus travel to get there and we have done some research on how to make it all happen. We picked up our discounted train tickets yesterday, The discount applies to off peak travel so we can’t get on before 9 am.
One false start from the hotel as we had to go back to get some literature about Dianne’s great grandfather, Jasper Hogeweide, who we believed to be represented at the museum by his shoeing shed from Scherpenzeel. It was purchased and relocated by the museum in 1923.
We know our way around Centraal Station in Amsterdam now, so no problem getting on the train. It is a pleasant one hour ride to Arnhem, where we board a bus to the museum.
I mentioned that the windmills in Zaanse reminded me of Heritage Park in Calgary. This place even more so. It covers around 600 years of Dutch history.Read more
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So cool to see GG Jasper's shed. We're loving your photos & stories!
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Traveler Amsterdam
- Apr 11, 2022 · ⛅ 11 °C Altitude: 3 m
  Netherlands North Holland Gemeente Amsterdam De Wallen Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station 52.379025, 4.89991152°22’44” N 4°53’60” E
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Day6
The promised Canal Tour!
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We boarded the boat for the Lovers Canal tour. I’m not sure how they came up with the name, as the clientele did not seem more amorous than the regular folk, but here we are. We qualify.
The tour itself was very informative if a bit underwhelming. Photography was difficult as we were behind glass and the boat was crowded with other lovers and their children. One thing did strike me though. It was better my last camel ride.Read more
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Suurrre!!
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We’re you with the proctologist convention?
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Traveler Amsterdam
- Apr 11, 2022, 12:30pm · ⛅ 12 °C Altitude: 4 m
  Netherlands South Holland Lisse Keukenhof 52.269444, 4.54837752°16’10” N 4°32’54” E
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Day6
The gardens are stunning!
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Traveler Amsterdam
- Apr 11, 2022, 8:00am · ⛅ 3 °C Altitude: 4 m
  Netherlands South Holland Gemeente Lisse Halfweg Kasteel Keukenhof 52.267075, 4.54190552°16’1” N 4°32’31” E
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Day6
Let’s see the Tulips!
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We were up at 6am and on the train by 8 to make the 9 am bus to Keukenhof Gardens! This is a popular place. Rows of busses fill the parking lot and once inside you can see why. It is a big area of gardens and canals with fountains. People bring their dogs and their cameras.
We took a few pictures. Who would have thought there so many different kinds of tulips.Read more
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Nice clogs Tom!
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Can you get them in your carry on luggage?
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Their dogs have cameras!!
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Traveler Amsterdam
- Apr 10, 2022, 4:51pm · ⛅ 9 °C Altitude: 4 m
  Netherlands North Holland Gemeente Amsterdam Jordaan Anne Frank House 52.375064, 4.88400952°22’30” N 4°53’2” E
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Day5
Dianne’s Jordaan walk!
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After fish and chips for an afternoon snack, we did a walking tour of Jordaan. It starts at Dam square which has been described as the Dutch “Times Square”. It gets quieter as you progress along the canals into a residential neighbourhood. On the way we pass by Anne Frank’s house, and Pink Point. Pink Point is a small memorial, a Homomonument to all oppressed people of the LGBTQ community. The pink triangle is symbol homosexuals were forced to wear by the Nazis.
We pass many canal boats and tours as Dianne’s hints get more noticeable! The tour continues thru a more artsy neighbourhoods with art galleries, florists and with many sidewalk pubs and restaurants . It is such a beautiful evening they are well attended. The hints are alluding to a promised boat tour of the canals. Trouble is, the last tour leaves at 18:45 and it’s 19:00 now. Dianne doesn’t want this to be like my promise of a camel ride on our last trip. Not the Banff trip, but the one to the Middle East. Everyone on that trip had ridden a camel before and I myself wasn’t keen to do it again. On that trip it was always “tomorrow for sure”. until we got on the airplane to go home. This time is “Tomorrow for sure” for the canal ride.Read more
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Lovely walk!!
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Lovely to see the spring flowers in bloom
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