Today was our free day around Amsterdam. I tagged along with Stu, Kirsten, Nicola and Suzanne this morning. We caught the tram to Centraal Station, a little further than we had wanted, so then walked along to Anne Frank's House, though didn't go in. Then we walked along Kalverstraat, where we looked around some of the shops. I found a music store, and bought myself a Dutch cd, called 'Sensation', an Amsterdam dance music mix. I also bought two shirts. I then walked over to the Koninklijk Paleis (Royal Palace) and Nieuwe Kerk, a 15th-century church, which has been rebuilt, splitting up with the others, as I wanted to check out a few other places. I walked over to Rembrandt Huis, but didn't find what the attraction was, then over to Bloemen-markt, which was a large
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