Amsterdam 1st Full Day

Our 1st full day in Amsterdam we have spent sight seeing, walking around and trying to get our body clocks lined up with this side of the world.

There are lots of sights to see and Amsterdam is a beautiful city. The Eelhouse where we are staying is in the Jordaan district and is away from the real hustle and bustle of downtown Amsterdam. However it is still only about a 15 minute walk to Centraal Station, Amsterdam Centre Square and the Red Light District.

The buildings and architecture is amazing. The majority of the buildings are built with bricks and the facades and roofs are all unique. The residents finish off the windows with flower boxes, curtains or something to personalize their home; and always a bicycle out front.  Obviously many of the buildings have been here for years and are starting to show their age by the lean they have developed and as you would expect it also affects the doorways and windows. A few pictures are attached.

Of course there are all the canals and tour boats and no visit to Amsterdam would be complete without watching the tour boats navigate the many canals in the city.

It gets very busy at times and there is definitely lots for the canal boat operators to watch out for; like this afternoon there was a small flotilla in procession at a major canal junction.