The bus comes first and we have spotty liquid sunshine as we traverse across the old city. Our Points out site and gets carried away into tangents that lead to nowhere as he is distracted by a new site or can't seem to find the appropriate English word. So we are left hanging in mid thought. We did learn that one should never buy a new bicycle because with a year year or so it will be stolen or something will happen to it. There are 800,000 residents of Amsterdam and 1.8 million bicycles. The big floating Chinese restaurant doesn't serve chinese food and its medicore at best. And that all of Amsterdam is without power despite the fact the the Electric Trams are running and the lights in buildings are on and all the traffic signals are working.
After 90 minutes on the bus we exchange the bus for a canal tour boat. While guide didn't improve by moving from one mode of transportation to another, my tolerance certainly did as we were now on a boat.
The Nemo is a science museum and has a bit of controversy over its design. It is refered to as the Titanic as it looks like the aft of a sinking ship.
Houseboats now sell for €250,000 for just spot for the houseboat to sit on a waterway. You then have a cement foundation poured underneath to insure it won't sink, adapt it to connected sewage, water, and electricity. And purchase athe houseboat starting at €250,000. That certainly beats the million plus Euros of any of the residents in the canal haus.
Many bicycles are reclaimed from the canals every year as well as few cars who failed to park with all wheels still on the street.
We continue on these cruises where the average age is a decade older than us which makes us the spry young folkes. Even though we ache and grown and feel the wear and tear of our 6 decades, we still move faster and think quicker than our fellow passengers. We opt out of the optional tour to Delft for a pottery experience and after lunch will go on our own to the Van Gogh Museum.
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