BeNeLux - Amsterdam

We are in the hurry this morning since the queue to visiting Ann Frank House is always long.
Ann Frank House where she wrote her diary in the Annex, her hiding place from the Nazis.
Location: Western Canal Belt. Address: Prinsengracht 267
Regular Hours:March 15 - September 14: Daily 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturdays and daily during July and August until 10 p.m.
Phone: +31 (0)20 556 71 05
Admission: Adults: € 8.50; Ages 10-17: € 4; Under 9: Free.

Bicycles parking lot.

Mission completes, we then take a tram to the central station to take a boat tour.

Amsterdam's canals are its signature and arguably most charming feature, and cruising these criss-crossing waterways puts the city in perspective while offering unique views of dozens of spectacular Amsterdam sights in a short period of time.

View from the boat trip.

We then have a lunch at this Japanese restaurant before removing myself from the gang to visit the Beginhof.

The Begijnhof, whose private residences nestle around an inner court. The handsome wooden house at number 34 is one of only two that survive below the river IJ.



Then I take a tram to the Albert Cuyp Market, one of the many open-air markets in Amsterdam.

Stroopwafels Or Dutch Cookies. These addictive Dutch treats are made up of two thin waffle-cookie layers filled with sticky, sweet stroop (syrup). The fresh made one is more delicious than the on-shelf at the supermarket.

Would you like to have some Waffle?

The chocolate stall which I am too lazy to buy and carry one to the airport.
While the Swiss and the Belgians may be better-known for their chocolate, history tells us that the Dutch have long had a love affair with the cocoa bean. In fact, a Dutchman invented the cocoa press, which made chocolate-making easier and thus brought it to the masses.

And that would be the end of my trip.