Rotterdam ( Amsterdam) 25 June

It was an early start to get to Amsterdam, an hour by coach and we were there . Our first stop was the Van Gough Museum - this was a collection of all his works, plus details about his life, and relationships with his family and other artist friends. It was very interesting but after an hour we left ( 2 hours was provided) to find coffee and have a look around outside. While doing this we saw - a man on roller blades wearing only a camouflage G string with a leather skull cap - going to fast for a photo , and table tennis tables in the park and you could rent paddles and balls.

We then rjejoined the tour and made our way to the canal cruise. This gave us a good look at some of the sights - beautiful old buildings ( some of them leaning on others to stay up), Anne Frank's house and  house boats and bicycles. One of the boats had the name - everything is fucking art.com  

The canal boats only just fit under the bridges, which are very pretty usually decorated with flowers.

After the cruise we walked to the flower market ( many stalls of bulbs and seeds), however we decided to have a well earned beer. While doing this we found some very explicit postcards - Irene bought a couple of mild ones.

We then met up with the group and went to enjoy lunch.

After lunch we found the coach, then a quick drive where we saw the Dam Square with the Baroque Royal Palace and we were ready to make our way back to Rotterdam. 

We enjoyed Amsterdam , it was a very impressive city and one that we would like to see again. I will remember it as the city of museums, as well as the usual ones we saw museums for - cheese, purses and handbags, sex, clocks and so many more.

We think it is on our list to return.