16 Days Europe Tour – White Christmas Day 11 Amsterdam – Zaanse Schans – Volendam – Amsterdam
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| NH Weinheim Hotel |
This morning, after breakfast in
Radisson Amsterdam Airport Hotel, we departed for Zaanse Schans, Netherlands’ Windmill village. It was very interesting to visit the
Dutch wooden clogs outlet and Henri Willig
Dutch Cheese Farm.
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| The Netherlands Windmills |
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| Pretty Dutch Wooden Clogs |
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| Dutch cheese farm |
Next we went to
Volendam Netherlands, a very quaint fishing village with picturesque Dutch houses. Here we had a 3 course fish meal at Restaurant DeKoe TeaRoom.
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| De Koe TeaRoom |
Check out the holiday travel tips for Volendam Netherlands. ☺
After visiting Volendam, we went into the city to take the hour-long canal cruise of Amsterdam which ended at the
Gassan diamonds Amsterdam factory where we were given a brief overview of how a diamond is made.
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| Boarding the boat for the canal cruise |
The Amsterdam canal cruise brought us to the
Gassan Diamonds factory which was an interesting experience where we learned more about how the carat, colour, clarity and cut of the diamonds contributes to its price.
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| Diamonds ... |
Whilst waiting for some of our group members to make their Gassan diamonds purchase, we crossed to the next building to try Amsterdam's favorite
Stroopwafels.
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| Stroopwafels Amsterdam |
Our tour manager, Ricky from Chan Brothers, then brought us on a walk and we were able to see some
tourist attractions in Amsterdam. We walked around Amsterdam’s red light district before going back to the hotel. As it was almost 2000 hrs, we decided to have dinner in the hotel’s restaurant, The Lighthouse.
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| One of the tourist attractions in Amsterdam |
Vibrant Amsterdam is a maze of small streets and canals and are best viewed from a rented bicycle if you have the time.
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| Amsterdam houseboats |
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| Anne Frank House |
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| One of the thousands of bridges in Amsterdam |
We had a great dinner at the
Radisson Blu Amsterdam Airport Hotel. It was a very exciting day and we looked forward to the remaining few days left of our Europe vacation package.
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| The Lighthouse |
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I loved the pictures, they really come to life! I am currently planning one of my yearly Mediterranean Cruises. I can;t wait to see some of these familiar sights again! Thank you for sharing!
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