After enjoying a leisurely breakfast in the Park Plaza Vondelpark's restaurant, we checked out of the hotel leaving our luggage to collect later. We'd decided on a morning's sightseeing and felt we couldn't visit Amsterdam without taking a canal cruise. We therefore took a tram to Westermarkt, close to Anne Frank's House on the Prinsengracht canal …
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After recently spending an enjoyable weekend in nearby Liverpool, we decided to turn our attention to the Wirral Peninsula. This stretch of land is bordered by the River Mersey to the east, the Irish Sea and River Dee to the west and the Shropshire Union Canal to the south providing us with 25 miles of …
Continue reading Day 1. The National Waterways Museum, The Wirral
Day 5: After two rainy days, we woke to bright sunshine and were able to enjoy breakfast sitting out on our roof terrace. The plan was to explore the very attractive neighbourhood between the vaporetto stations of Zattere and Academia where we were staying. The long, wide waterfront promenade of Zattere, away from the hordes …
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