Amsterdam to the Bike and Barge to Vianen – May 25/13 – 12 km
On Saturday morning we visited the Saturday Market that is on Lindengracht. It is the “mother of all markets” and stretches for about 8 – 10 blocks and there is absolutely everything. From food and produce to housewares and personal needs, clothing of all styles and colours and ages, etc. etc. After the market it was time to leave the Eelhouse and head to our bike and barge tour.
The barge was parked at Veemkade which is an area where a lot of the cruise ships and other barge tours depart from. On our barge are a group of 19 from Rio Brazil (they are a bike group that go on tours), there are a group of 8 ladies from Northeast USA, a couple from Newcastle England and us.
The next two pictures show the route that we are going to cycle over the week and also the route that the barge will travel. The dotted lines is our cycle route and the solid blue line is the barge route.
Once everyone was aboard the barge headed off down the Amsterdam – Rhine Canal and got to the village of Nigtevecht where we got on our bikes for the “shake down ride” of about 12 kilometres. 
We then arrived in Breukelen (it’s where Brooklyn N.Y. got it’s name) and cruised while we had dinner for our evening stop in Vianen.
Once everyone was aboard the barge headed off down the Amsterdam – Rhine Canal and got to the village of Nigtevecht where we got on our bikes for the “shake down ride” of about 12 kilometres. We then arrived in Breukelen (it’s where Brooklyn N.Y. got it’s name) and cruised while we had dinner for our evening stop in Vianen.Our evening dinner started with a clear broth with fresh herbs like parsley, chives etc. Delicious. Then the next course consisted of meat in a gravy type sauce, cooked red cabbage with raisins and french fries with mayonnaise on the side to dip your fries….yuk. Then we had a thick smoothie type parfait for dessert. After dinner we went on an evening walk through the village and then it was back to the ship.
Tomorrow is a ride of about 50 km and by the looks of it is is going to be a long one for some of our group.
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