Monday we docked in the port of Ijmuiden which serves Amsterdam. We have been to Amsterdam several times befoire. Our excursion was "Amsterdam Highlights and Canal Cruise". It was a national holiday - "Liberation Day" and we were not sure what the traffic and congestion would be. We left at 8;30 and were back at the ship by 1 PM and did not notice any heavy traffic but I suspect the afternoon was worse. In gthe past we have sailed up the North Sea Channel and docked at the cruise terminal in the city center but this time we docked at Ijmuiden which is before the locks used to enter the channel. It is a 45 minute drive to the city center.
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| More wind turbines here |
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| The harbor pilot arriving |
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| One of a couple of beaches near the entrance to the North Sea Channel. |
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| The are a couple of rows of cabins at the back of the beach. |
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| Approaching the pier. |
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| The back side of the cabins on the beach. |
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| The other beach on the other side of the channel entrance |
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| On our dribve into Amsterdam |
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| A building nick names "The Chair" |
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| A Viking River Boat was here |
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| A train leaving the Central Station |
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| Our guide leading us to the canal boat |
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| Here comes our boat |
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| A ferry |
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| The Central Train Station |
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| On the canal boat |
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| Many house boats in Amsterdam |
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| The is a group that volunteers to clean up the canal |
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| The Nemo Science Centre is nick-named "Titanic". |
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| Our guide |
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| Back to where we started. |
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| "Amsterdam Table Sculpture" |
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| The Rijksmuseum |
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| We passed Amsterdam Airport Schipol . There is a take-off every minutee. |
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| Just about back to the ship |
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| Sailing away |
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| Pilot boat approaching to pick up the pilot. |
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| More wind turbines |
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