Tuesday morning meant that I did not have to wake up at the crack of dawn, which I was very grateful for. After sleeping in a little, Roman and I headed out to catch one of the canal cruises. We chose the museum cruise because that allowed us to get on and off the boat at any or all of the four stops.
We bought our tickets and went to wait for our tour in a little cafe on the dock. After watching some javelin throwing and a few races on TV, it was time for our canal cruise. I appreciated that everything that was explained on the tour was done so in four or five different languages, the important one for me being English and for Roman being German. Everything is better when you can appreciate the significance of it. We were able to see a few different routes of the many canals in the city and our first stop was at the Anne Frank house. We saw the outside, but the line was really long so we decided to tour the area instead before hopping on the next boat.
Roman and I boarded the next boat about an hour later and were taken to the third stop of the tour. We got off and headed toward the Van Gogh Museum. Inside, we were able to see some of his early sketches, paintings by other artists that inspired him, and works toward the end of his life. It was really neat and I enjoyed it.
After Van Gogh, we headed to the Heineken Brewery. There is a self-guided tour through the factory so everyone can go at their own pace. We were able to get some history on how Heineken started, see what goes into the beer, the machines that make it, virtually go through the factory as if we were the beer, which was funny, and got two beers each at the end. It was a cool tour and by the time it was over we were hungry.
The two of us headed to the Hard Rock Cafe next. I got ribs and Roman got a burger. Our food was delicious and we were definitely full afterwards. The boat tour was no longer running by that time, but we knew it would not be and did not mind at all. We walked back to our hotel and were able to see how pretty the city is at night. The canals definitely add to the essence of everything.
We got back to the hotel, watched some TV, and went to sleep. It was a good day!
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