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Amsterdam is the cultural center of the Netherlands. There are 50 museums and many other exhibition areas. the large museums attract over 4 million visitors a year.
In the middle ages, Amsterdam was just a fishing village. By the end of the 16th century, it had joined the protestant revolt and rapidly took on the leading political and economic position in the northern Netherlands. Trade, foreigners and Jewish refugees helped the city blossom in the Golden Age of the 17th century.
We returned to Amsterdam in pouring rain. This time we were taking the canal boat ride. Any photos that we took have raindrops all over them. I shall weed through all of them to see what I can garner.
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To top it off, when we got off the boat we had to wait 20 minutes for our bus--standing in the rain.
Here is a typical scene in the Netherlands. Everyone uses bicycles. This is the parking lot.
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We passed by this old sailing vessel. We also passed many unusual houseboats, but the rain ate the photos. more travel advice
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It should be great, just don't do it in the rain as we did. We couldn't get many photos, although we did manage to get a... more travel advice
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Here is a map of Amsterdam for orientation purposes. more travel advice
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Sorry you picked the rainy day to visit Amsterdam on your cruise. Can you imagine we had the first heatwave this year last week? PJ
I think I would like to visit here. Good picts.
Excellent!!!
I like bikes. Amsterdam is a good city for bikes. Good page
Good stuff !
Nice pictures!!!@
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