Amsterdam-Saturday

Started the day with a guided boat tour of the canals. Very interesting but I can't remember most of the trivia! The country is below sea level, hence the windmills. One windmill can drain a swimming pool in 2 minutes!

The canals are 9 ft deep. They say there is 3' of dirt, 3' of water & 3' of bicycles LOL!

There are over million bikes here & they have right of way. I'll have several pics to post later. Unbelievable the amount of traffic-wbikes, cars, trams and pedestrians-reminded me of NYC. So many ride bikes year around cuz the land is so flat.

It rains 200 days a year but sunny today, 60• So it was good for walking.

After the boat ride, we visited a diamond center. They explained the 4 C's of diamonds.

We then had 2 hrs to walk around. Guess where I went first---Red Light District! OMG is all I can say about that. Visited shops & souvenir stores, of course.

The Belgian waffle dipped in chocolate Yum! Bought some Dutch chocolate Yum again!

Next was 4 hr bus ride to Cologne Germany so I took 2 pain pills & a nap.