Friday, October 18

Today we went on a Canal cruise tour. There are so many canals and they are lined with boat houses that were made legal at one time because there was a shortage of space. These boat houses have electricity, water and gas connections. Some of them looked quite liveable and had been done up quite nice.
After lunch we walked to the area where the Anne Frank house is then just wandered our way back to the area of our hotel.
In the evening after dinner we visited the carnival that was set up just a few doors down from our hotel. If you look in the background you will see that the carnival is set up right in front of the Royal Palace. The one very tall ride was swing like seats that took you up 60 METRES! What a view that would be!
Tomorrow we will be leaving our hotel and making our home for the next few weeks on the Viking Aegir.