Today was a busy, busy, busy day!
Andrew made it here safely. He navigated the public transportation successfully! We decided to start the day quickly so that Andrew wouldn't get sleepy! We took him on the canal boat tour through a tour of the outer city. We learned that Amsterdam got its name because of the dam that they built on the river Amstel..interesting!
Then we came back to the hotel, and Mom and Andrew took a nap. Dad, Fuzz and I took off in search of pizza...and ended up touring the Imperial Palace. The queen doesn't actually live there anymore, but she does conduct business there and stays when she is in Amsterdam. The palace was so intricate and beautiful. It is almost too hard to describe the beauty of it. There is marble everywhere and gold and silver galore. They are currently renovating the outside, so we didn't expect much, but boy were we blown away. I wish I could put the pictures up now for you all to see, but that will have to wait until we get home on account of having no way to load them onto this computer!
Afterwards, we came back to the hotel to get Mom and Andrew. We took off for the Jordanne district for some pizza for dinner which was delicious. We stopped at a little place on the side of the road and ordered two pizzas.
The Anne Frank house was next on our list of activities! You cannot imagine how small this place is. They have converted the house into a museum for people to walk through and get a better idea of what it was like. Anne's father was the one who published her diary after he learned that she had died in the concentration camp. Her dream had been to be a published writer one day.
And now back we are at the hotel, and I for one am very tired. Still not entirely sure of our plans for tomorrow yet..maybe the Heineken Brewery Tour? We'll see!
Tomorrow is our last day in Amsterdam! We take off the following day for Tanzania so we need to see it all and get our souveniers!
Hope everyone is doing well. We miss you!
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