We picked up the pilot boat at 3:30 a.m. (no, I was not awake; the Captain had told us earlier in the day that's what would be happening). It takes 5 to 6 hours to come up the narrow channel into Amsterdam.
My first view of the morning was not very encouraging weather wise (pic. 1). However, when we were almost at the dock, it was slowly starting to burn off (pic. 2).
Amsterdam sure knows how to do their cruise terminal right (pic. 3). Not only do they have a jetway like at an airport, when you get back on the ship you go through the security scanners inside the terminal instead of on the ship. And speaking of the terminal, I've never seen a terminal shaped like this (pic. 4)!
We took a canal trip when we got off the ship on the "Salonboot Hilda". We had to take pictures through plastic windows but a few of them turned out pretty good (pics. 5 & 6). And here we are again (pics. 7 & 8). Here's the boat (pic. 9).
The boat let us off at the Anne Frank house. Here she is with me (pic. 10).
We had no set agenda after the canal tour. We just wandered the streets and bridges over many canals (pic. 11 & 12). Amsterdam is definitely a bike friendly city. Bikes everywhere (pic. 13).
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