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Of the hotels we stayed in on this Europe tour I found the hotel in Rotterdam the best in all respects. We landed here in the night from Brussels. Our travel from Brussels till the last leg of our tour that is up to Paris was by bus. We had a very courteous driver who took care of us well.
I had the first experience of using a candy dispenser slot machine. I had read about it in Archie comics. You can imagine how happy I was that I could really use one. I think I spent a dollar just to get that experience The child in me never dies.
We left for Amsterdam from Rotterdam. We were taken to a factory where they made wooden shoes, took a ride on the canal not a nice experience as the canal water was dirty. In Amsterdam prostitution is legal and so anyone was free to visit. Some from our group visited. I found Amsterdam to be a well laid out city.
The main attraction however was the visit to the Madurodam park which is a home to miniature landmarks of Holland in the ratio of l:25. There were so many landmarks including the famous wind mills. We spent a whole day there and returned to Rotterdam to start on our tour of the remaining countries – Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France.
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Question of
Have you used a candy dispenser slot machine?
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Would you take a ride on a canal with dirty water?
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Very good post! Thank you for sharing your experience with us!
I used to travel tourists all over Europe, dear friend … most of Japan … excellent guests
On our tours we depend so much on drivers We too had great drivers.
I hope you have a good and friendly driver, my dear friend
Looks like a nice place to visit.
The tour conductors know where to take their clients.
Amsterdam is one of beautiful city among the cities around of the world
We went around quite a bit but I was disappointed because I could not see tulip farms.
This sounds like a wonderful trip!…minus the canal water.
That canal ride takes you round Amsterdam. It is good if you ignore the water.
Amsterdam is a wonderful city to go and just see things! Van Gogh museum, the Grand Canal, so much to see!
I missed the Tulip season and that was a big disappointment I have written a post on that.
We were taken to a few places including a shops where they were selling semi precious stones. The Grand Canal ride did take us round Amsterdam but the guy from Amsterdam who was guiding us told us about the water and that put me off.
Water is always somewhat dirty, it is the nature of the fluid next to everything!
I took my family 2 years ago, we had a blast!
That was a good ride but that guy should not have told us about the dirty water. Same is the case with Venice