There's even weed in the windows...!
No trip to Amsterdam would be complete without a walk through the Red Light District. Gives new meaning to 'window shopping'...!
Look closely at the cars parked along the side of the canal. There is NO room for error when parallel parking!
Boating is a big part of Holland's history and it's immortalized in various tributes, including this bridge with a bow...
Sea Palace Chinese Restaurant stands in stark contrast to Amsterdam's rejuvenating skyline...
Remember when access to the crow's nest required climbing a net?
Close-up of the stern-art...
NEMO also berths a replica 17th century VOC ship named - appropriately - "Amsterdam"...
This building with a bow is home to Nemo, a science and technology center...
The AMS skyline features something missing in a lot of cities over the past few years... the cranes of construction!
The tour guide said this building was owned by Shell Oil, or someone related, and was built to look like an offshore oil rig. I don't find oil...
The Movenpick was my residence in AMS. Highly recommend it! It comes with a cruise ship...
One of the foil-based vessels my counterparts were developing in the cold-war...?
"Terugkomen is niet hetzelfde als blijven" means... "To come back is not the same as to stay".
Not sure who the tourist on the transom is here, but in the background is the Anne Frank Museum. Be sure to get here early, because the line wraps...
Round-bilge hulls rule the water here...
Houseboats line seawalls everywhere...
In a city deluged in dories, this looked like a Cigarette by AMS standards ...
Not a flybridge friendly place...
Getting underway, the architecture and history is amazing. Amsterdam has a labyrinth of canals, connecting and intersecting like city streets.
