Sunday, April 20 – Easter
We got up and going today. The bus took us into Amsterdam. Many people attended the English church service at the historic Begijnhof Presbyterian Church. I choose to walk around town on my own, as we were going to have very little time in Amsterdam. It was a lot of fun, very interesting and rewarding time spent. I saw the cheese museum, the Amsterdam tulip museum, and more. A very kind local kept me from stepping in front of a cable-car! After meeting back up at the church we boarded the bus for the drive to Keukenhof Gardens.
What a crowded place! It was Easter Sunday, very nice weather and the tulips were in full bloom. Henk said there might be 300,000 people there. I would believe that number. We had a nice picnic lunch before entering the park. Again I walked around the park on my own. I saw lots of people of different ethnic backgrounds and heard many different languages. So many people taking selfies. We had until 5:00 on our own, then we had to meet up at the bus.
The Salvinia needed to move from Amsterdam to make room for another ship, so we drove to Volendam to meet up with her. We sat down for dinner and the ship sailed back to Amsterdam for the night as we ate.
Terri Foley, Graphic Designer