Village Life in Holland and Belgium, 2006

Part 1: Our Ship; Tour Amsterdam

On the first day (Saturday 2006-05-06), after a 10 hour flight from Los Angeles to Amsterdam (Schiphol), we had a tour of the canals of Amsterdam, and then embarked on the ship.

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Ship and Airplane

Our airplane (KLM 747)	Our cabin: Alice on the bed	Our cabin: Jim looking out the porthole	Our cabin: Vanity and closet
Our cabin: Decorations in the Loo	The shower in our bathroom

Amsterdam Canal Tour

A parking structure for bicycles	New concert hall	Science Museum	Historic Dutch trading vessel
Floating Chinese restaurant, and hotel	Floating Chinese restaurant, and hotel	Anonymous tower	Houseboat; old and newer residences in background
Houseboat	Houseboat	Houseboats; be careful not to drive your car into the canal	Residence of the super rich (now corporate owned)
Endwise down a branch canal

Amsterdam: Embark on Heidelberg

Suspension bridge	Flower Houses (residence above, shops below)	Flower House close-up	Transit station, modern architecture
A recently built apartment block	Bank building with sculpture. Lots of sculpture here. 2% of budget must go to art.	Street scene	Jim and Alice at the ship

Copyright © 2006 by James F. Carter.