amsterdam

Out the front of our motel
Amsterdam tourist spot at the Museum

Richard on the sign!

Bronte on the sign

In the Heineken factory House boat museum on one of the canals

Well we arrived in Amsterdam on Friday and found our accommodation. Once we booked in we decided to have a look around the town. Had dinner and then decided to go for a walk around the red light district for a look. Had a bit of a laugh doing that and then went back to the motel.

Saturday we did a tour of the Heineken factory which was much better than I thought it was going to be. It was really very interesting and you got 3 free beers. Three for free!!!! We then decided to go on a canal cruise so we could see all the houses and canals and get some perspective on the city. Had a bit more of a walk around the city and then went back to the motel.

Went out to a night club at midnight and it was really a good night. Will have to elaborate the night club in person............????? But it is Amsterdam :-)

Sunday was our last day and we went to the Anne Frank house for a look, which was kind of weird knowing what happened to the people who were hiding out in there. We also went to the houseboat museum which was interesting to see how 2500 people live in Amsterdam and what they call home.

At 5.00pm we headed for Schipol Airport in Amsterdam to get our flight to London, it was 2 hours late leaving which was crap! Anyway we are right now in Singapore waiting for our connecting flight to Sydney. Not long to go now.

Will catch up with you all once we return. See you soon.

rotterdam

The Euromast in RotterdamView from the mast over Rotterdam

Bronte on the ride in the lift to the top of the Euromast

Today we stopped in Rotterdam on our way to Amsterdam. We only spent around 3 hours in Rotterdam. Enough time to have lunch and the visit the Euromast (another tower). The tower was really different as it had a lift at the top viewing platform that took a whole section of the platform an extra 85 metres to the top of the mast. This section similar to the giant drop in Dreamworld also rotates to give you a 360 degree view as you go up and then at the top it continues to rotate so you get a good view of the entire city. It was really very eerie as there were glass sections in the floor and it looked as if you were hanging out over the road below at 185 metres looking straight down. We left Rotterdam and arrived in Amsterdam at around 4pm and made our way the the hotel. Went into the city for a look around but we will do some more tomorrow and post it separately.