Marjorie and moi took us around town showing us the sights ... As well as to Tascos and the war battlefield.....we had coffee there...lots of history in this town! Back home for lunch and then off to Wales to see Llandudno. Lovely spot....walked down warf and just fell in love with place...reminded me of Greek islands....only had 40 minutes here but could have spent a week...weather perfect! Ice cream place was packed as this was very warm weather for England. Go...

Well glad to be out of our tiny unair conditioned room in Amsterdam...remind me never to go quaint again! I love big American hotels with a lounge, lots of room and air con...and service! However, it was an experience! So up early to have breakfast and check out. Our taxi came late so we did not have much time at airport...what a huge and busy place....I swear we walked 2 km to our gate... I loved it as then we had to sit for ages! We flew to London and then to M...

Well another sunny day...lucky people that took the ship this week! I woke early...in fact did not sleep...so at 6am decided to go for a stroll...wrong decision! Apparently this is the first of summer holidays in Amsterdam and there is a concert all weekend that druggies like to attend according to one shopkeeper....and Amsterdam like all Europe countries never start early in mornings...shops never open before 10 and on Sundays 12 noon! So yesterday we saw lots o...

Well we got to our hotel about 10:30 and of course they would not let us in till 2pm....we were supposed to meet a friend from the ship but this hotel has bad Internet and no air con...not happy jan! However it is very well positioned and kind of quaint! And they gave us a fan! So we left our bags and off to the hop on hop off bus....we toured the city then hopped off for lunch. We have so much extra luggage we had to send a suitcase home....so off to the post of...

We were exhausted this morning so just spent morning in room watching the flat scenery of holland...first we have seen farms and goats and cows! Feel like we are in known land again! We went through our 64th lock today...final one....these boats have to book the timing of the locks 1 year in advance....they pay 940 euros each trip and it gets deducted at the first lock....it is imperative for them to be on time for the first lock. Amsterdam is an unreal place.......