Toured Amsterdam this morning by canal boat and bus. We thought this would be a neat city to live in. It's one of the most densley populated cities in Europe. Small geographically, but about 800,000 residents in the city. Out small bit of free time was walking around a "floating flower market". Not really floating, but I guess that at one time in its history, it really was on barges. They didn't show us the red light district. They must have felt our group was a bit too sedate. There are 120 passengers and Lucy and I are among the youngest, though there are a few who are around our age. There's a large group of Canadians -- about 60 -- but their only connection is through a travel agency that made the arrangements, so there's no clique. Dining is open seating with no reservations, so it's easy to meet other people. Our first dinner was very good. It's all very relaxing.
That afternoon we went through the first of 68 locks. We climbed for the first part of the trip, then crossed the continental divide and then started to descend. All very interesting. The highest locks (3 of them) were 80 feet. Felt like a coffin when we were in them (at least that's what I think a coffin would feel like).
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