Woke up late to another fine day. The place is sooo quiet. Today's plan was to get on the hop-on hop-off bus and canal boat to get our bearings and see the town before heading off to the Anne Frank House where we had pre-ordered tickets for the afternoon. After walking to Central Station we found the canal boat and set off. Unfortunately part of the canals, and one of the boat's stops, were closed due to something being set up for a royal celebration. Of course...

Taxi arrived at 745 to take us to the train station whereupon we headed off to Amsterdam. Another fine day for travelling and in the blink of eye, less than 2 hours, we were there. Europe is so quick to get around. Another short taxi trip to the apartment where we met our Australian friends David and Lesley. They had arrived earlier after a stopover in Singapore. There were supposed to be some minor issues getting into the apartment and we had texted D&L re...