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Amsterdam is known for its canals, and so if you’re a tourist in Amsterdam you must take a canal tour, right? Great end to a nice day, and to a nice trip; tomorrow I head home

On to Zaandam, a cool little area where they have windmills and a historic settlement right on the Amstel River. And then back to the city … for a canal tour!

Easily the most delightful and welcoming of big cities, I am astonished by how friendly Amsterdam seems every time I am here. Well hi there! Off to be a tourist – and do some shopping – but first have to get a Covid test. Fortunately there’s a test center right nearby. Time for a bitContinue reading “Amsterdam!”

And so it was on to the Netherlands for a delightful couple of days of shopping, visiting with family, and tourist-ing. I no sooner landed than it was off on a mission to my hometown of Vlaardingen, to the Jan Boer bakery, to get some Izerkoekjes. I could not visit my family nor come homeContinue reading “On to the Netherlands”