Day 666, 30 Mar '16, Zaanse Schans (Windmills, Zaans Museum, Clog Display, Spice mill), Haarlem (Frans Hals Museum, Teylors Museum, Grote Markt, Historic Museum Clothing Exhibition). It has been said, but we don't believe it, that no one has ever died from too much sightseeing. It probably just didn't make the papers. We were up with an alarm clock this morning and on the tram to Centraal Station by 7.45 am. Made it huffing and puffing onto a bus at 8.10 am th...

Day 665, 29 Mar '16, Cruise, Skinny Bridge, Poezenboat, House Boat Museum, Anne Frank's House, Dinner, Munt Toren (Mint Tower... Treasury not plant.) We continued on with our 24 hour canal bus this morning - great cruise once it eventually turned up 20 minutes late and that occupied us all morning. Amsterdam's Skinny Bridge was on our to-do list and we motored under it this morning (tick!) Nipped home for lunch (the joys of living right in the city), then out fo...

Day 664, 28 Mar '16, Jewish Cultural Quarter, Canals Cruise, Maritime Museum. We were up bright and early this morning (Easter Monday) with grand plans of launching into the day with our favourite bargain breakfast at HEMA (just downstairs). It runs from 9 am to 10 am and given that everything has been open all Easter weekend, we were surprised to find the centre locked up. Hmmm. National Disaster? What have we missed? Trotted home to our very low breakfast sup...

Day 663, 27 Mar '16, (Easter Sunday) Amsterdam Museum, Nieuw & Oude Kerks, Our Lord in the Attic Hidden Church, Royal Palace, Allard Pierson Museum (Sicily Under the Sea). We were up at 8 am - struggling somewhat (mightily). We spent a bit of time planning over breakfast this morning. Aside from anything else everything is open. All day Good Friday and it seems everywhere we want to go will be open today too. Dutch business practicality in action. First up -...

Day 662, 26 Mar '16, Rijksmuseum (pictured), Uptown Meat Club Burgers, Hermitage (Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age) and the Spaanse Meesters (that would be Dutch for the Spanish Masters... and still has us smiling). We are currently dog-free which means Luca wasn't licking our hands with regard to a) piddles and b) brekkie at 7 am. Which meant the only thing that woke us up was the chimes from the Munttoren (the Mint Tower) just down the street. Our 8 am wak...