Je suis sur un Bateau (de Maison), Amsterdam

(I'm on a (house) Boat, Amsterdam)

Our last stop on our trip is four nights in Amsterdamn, The Netherlands ... four nights on a house boat!  

Welcome Abord!

We are renting a houseboat we found off Airbnb.com.  And are loving it.

Living Room

Bed, it is like a fort.

A shot from the livingroom back through the boat.

And these would be the boats that tour by our house during the day and occasionally jostle us.  It is odd being part of the tourist attraction. 

One of the top things to do here is see a movie in the Tuschinski 1920's theatre and we hadn't seen Batman yet.... so that seemed like a good way to spend the night tired from training with all our luggage.

Swanky ... We got the VIP loveseat in a box. This also came with waitered snacks, I had champaign.   

Check out the cool art deco walpaper in the back.  I snuck in to the commoners section to check out the ceiling of the theatre, post movie.

The next morning we rented bikes and rode to the park, so I climbed a tree.  There really are as many bikes as everyone jokes about.  The streets are dangerous to cross as you dodge, cars, trams, bikes and motor scooters ( which drive in the bike lane).

I feel the need to specify the tree had fallen in to the canal but kept growing so I am really only about 5 feet off the ground.

So if biking is the best way to get around Amsterdam than boating is the second best, so more boating! 

We took a tour of the canal system which was lot of fun. 

Bridges!

We even passed our house boat on the tour.

Amsterdam has very quirky fun architecture at least compared to the uniform sleek look of Paris. Oh and they have trouble with buildings leaning here ... but they have worked it out.

Sadly nothing in this picture really indicates where we are.

Interestingly this church marks the center of the RedLight District.  We did stop by and walk the red  light district after the boat tour.  It really wasn't sketchy during the day but it was odd to see the women posing in windows.  Well at least they have a union and a healthcare plan here.

Finished up the day enjoying a storm, a thunderstorm is a whole new experience on a house boat, and we had a couple leeks around the windows, they just don't build them like they use to.