Last day!

Yesterday was our last full day of the trip and we used the whole day! 

Thank you Annick and Lies for all the good suggestions of things to see in Amsterdam.

We had breakfast together in the boat, pannekoeken, strawberries, raspberries, yogurt, bread and cheese. Then we were off to the market to do some shopping. It rained off and on, but it was really fine. We just stood under awnings, or stall tents when the rain came. I got soaked at the market when the wind pushed the rain water off the tent in a big swoosh! Cacia was particularly successful with her market purchases, even successfully bartering down the prices! 

After a warm lunch in 't Smalle, we walked by Anne Frank's house but the line was way around the corner, and we decided the outside was all we needed to see of the house. 

Anna and Cacia spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the shops in the "9-streets", and some more around Dam Square, and the "older" members of the group strolled through the beautiful neighbourhoods, ending up at Melkweg, Leidseplein, and then back to Dam Square to meet up with Anna and Cacia.

Greg, Anna, Cacia and I met up in the 5th floor cafe of the Bijenkorf to warm up, eat some fresh pizza‎, and use the free wifi, and clean bathrooms. After refueling and re-energizing we headed to the train station to take the ferry to the area behind the train station with the modern architectural buildings, including the EYE Film Institute. We arrived just in time to watch the classic Alfred Hitchcock film, The Birds. 

We had a nice walk back to the house boat (without bird attacks), with beautiful night skies, chatted at the kitchen table in the houseboat‎ over beer and spa rot, and then fell fast asleep in our cozy beds.

Today we have all morning to have breakfast together‎, pack up and walk to the train station to start our trip back home.