We say goodbye to Amsterdam.

After five days on the Singel canal in Amsterdam, it's time to leave our comfortable location.  It has been a fun city to spend time in--certainly a challenge when you first get here just trying not to get run over by the thousands of bikes whizzing by you!  What a vibrant city to be in!  What we found is that the Amsterdamers are incredibly friendly, very patient with foreigners and seem to enjoy life!  We also observed there are way more young people here than old-timers.  

Our last few days in Amsterdam were spent touring the Anne Frank House, the Van Gogh Museum, a stroll through Vondel Park and just a lot more walking, coffee-drinking and people-watching.  The weather in Amsterdam this time of year requires frequent switching between sunglasses and umbrellas.  The showers are light and typically last about 5 to 10 minutes and the sun returns.  It really is perfect fall weather to be roaming around Europe.  

Here are a few shots of canal scenes from various bridges and the middle picture is of our hotel taken from across the canal (it has the striped awnings).