As I wrote in a previous post, our trip started with a few days in Amsterdam. The highlight of our time in that city was time spent in the house of Anne Frank. Pictures weren’t allowed on this tour and on our walk to the Frank warehouse from our hotel, I was too busy trying to dodge bicycles and other pedestrians to think about pictures. So, it was on the following day when we took a train to Zaanse Schans that we turned the phone to camera mode.
In the first picture I am standing on a bridge with a row of traditional windmills in the background. When I think of Holland or the Netherlands, windmills are one of the symbols that comes to mind.
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| Windmills at Zaanse Schans |
From Amsterdam, we cruised to Oslo. We did our own walking tour and ended up in the palace gardens. I wanted to stand beside the young guard who was on sentry duty but he warned me that I was standing too close to him. Still, in this second picture you can see us both. The guard was wearing a blue uniform with shoulder scales. His helmet was blue with a plume of black feathers. He was wearing white gloves, and holding a rifle with an extended bayonet.
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| Sue with palace guard |
From Oslo the cruise ship sailed on to three smaller fjords. In Flam we took a tram tour from the centre to the old town and then around the harbour. I was surprised at just how busy this small town was in tourist season. I gather that in the winter months it settles down to its year round population of just 450.
The third picture shows me sitting on the bench of the little tram with our cruise ship, the Rotterdam, in the distance across the harbour.
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| Sue in front of the Rotterdam |
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