That was us yesterday, as we took a “Canal-Bus” tour. It’s the hop-on-hop-off style of tour that we’ve had in other cities, except this time it uses a canal boat instead of a bus. Three different “lines”, and a total of 14 stops to visit — we managed to fill up the day quite nicely. The ticket only cost €16 for all day usage; in fact, it’s still valid until midday today!
For the most part we simply stayed on board the boat and watched the city go by. We hopped off at one stage to have some lunch — here’s ironic; for all our commentary about America recently, where did we go for lunch but the Hard Rock Cafe Amsterdam. The nice thing about the Canal-Bus service is that it provides three different tours of Amsterdam as well as the hop-on-hop-off facility.
We had another stroll around the city as well, including skirting the edges of the Red Light District, and a bit more shopping.
And, we saw the sun! The cloud cover broke in the afternoon, allowing some sunlight through.
Crossed Wires 