Walking Tour of Amsterdam, Netherlands

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I walked with TB friend (a nice Dutch Lady) to the Haarlem Station and caught a train to Amsterdam. Not far from Centraal Station she directed me to Basilick Van de H. Nicolaas (Basilica of St. Nicholas) where we toured this nice old structure with a nice pipe organ.

Then we walked behind Centraal Station and had a neat free ferry boat ride across the harbor. Then it was a quick walk to the Eye Bar Restaurant and had a small lunch. The restaurant had hudge glass windows with a great view of the Amsterdam harbor.

We walked a bit and met up with a good friend of my TB friend. We three walked a while and had a nice coffee break at the Grand Hotel Amrath. Then we walked around and they guided me to a Japonese food store where I purchased some Golji berries. We walked around Amsterdam and I saw places that the tourists never see. The two Dutch ladies had to move on and we were in sight of Centraal Station; so we said our good bys.

I walked back to Centraal station and made my way back to the Amadeus Hotel in Haarlem after a very good day.

On other days in different Netherland small cities I had meet-ups with a number of TB friends. They guided me (and assisted me) very well on my five week adventure in central and Southern Netherlands. Dutch hospitality is alive and well here!

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Photos

Basiliek Van de H. Nicolaas
sign

Basiliek Van de H. Nicolaas
inside

Basiliek Van de H. Nicolaas
inside

Basiliek Van de H. Nicolaas
pipe organ

Amsterdam free ferry ride
behind Centraal Station

Amsterdam free ferry ride
(Eye Bar Restaurant in white building)

Eye Bar Restaurant
menu

Eye Bar Restaurant
restaurant view

Eye Bar Restaurant
lunch

Grand Hotel Amrath
inside

Grand Hotel Amrath
coffee break

neat building
TB friends