Today we left The Hague and took a short drive into Amsterdam ready to meet our Viking ship for the Grand European Cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest. Before embarking on the ship we did an Amsterdam Canal Tour. Amsterdam's canal ring is protected by UNESCO as in 2010 the canal belt, with Singel, Herengracht (Gentlemen's Canal), Keizersgracht (Emperor's Canal) and Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal) as the main canals, was declared a World Heritage site. The first can...

Well what a disappointment our included tour was....barely saw anything of Amsterdam and was taken down the most ordinary canals...thank goodness we have time to re-explore this city that we have not seen for years. The tour description was a "crock of s**t" and most passengers I spoke with had the same experience so all in all we see this as a fail for Viking Ocean Cruises. We had 2 days here to pound the pavements to see the sights and this is what we did........