Visit to Amsterdam - February 2005

Two of our friends live in Amsterdam and we wanted to go to visit them, since they own one of the old houses on a canal in the centre. It is just as lovely as we had expected - and the city is also great, somewhere we really want to go back to.

The corner of Reguliersgracht and Keisersgracht		Looking along the Reguliersgracht from the Herengracht, on a boat trip
Replica of the Batavia, at the Nederlands Scheepvart Museum		Interor of the American Hotel, Leidseplein
Koninklijk Paleis, on the Dam square at the heart of Old Amsterdam		The Nieuwe Kerk, also on the Dam square
The Westerkerk, a landmark on the Prinsengracht		An unexpected bonus! - a Wharram catamaran (Hitia 14, similar in size to Aoraki), found on the Lijnbaans gracht
Higgledy piggledy houses on the Amstel near Rembrandtplein		Canal side houses in Reguliersgracht

We thought Amsterdam is a lovely city, and want to go back in warmer weather; we even had some snow whilst we were there!