Amsterdam Cruise Day 3

Thursday

This morning we got up and left the ship at around 1000, as we left the ship we bought HOHO tickets which cost €65 in total and were valid on buses and boats.

We started on the boat from outside our dock, we rode until stop 8 (I think there were 9 in total) when we disembarked.

We wanted to see Anne Frank’s Haus but couldn’t get tickets and I didn’t realise you can’t see it from outside.

So we went for a walk around and found a ‘Febo’ where we got a croquette from the vending machine. I can’t actually remember what was in ours but it was quite tasty.

We then went in search of lunch and found an area that Rob thought “looked quite nice” only for us to realise we had drifted into the Red Light district.

We also saw what appeared to be urinals in the street! I googled these later and discovered there were installed to avoid men just going in the street.

We headed off in a different direction quite quickly 

We found a sandwich shop and ordered paninis with Dutch cheese and ham (that was the actual description on the menu). I had a red velvet macchiato and Rob had a coke.

At about 1330 we got on the HOHO bus where we almost did the full circuit but got off at stop 9.

Whilst on the trip we saw the last remaining windmill in the main city.

Once off the bus we got drinks and cookies and then headed back to the ship. We also stopped along the way to get some snacks to take home.

We were back onboard at about 1600 where we rested and then popped back out to get a few more snacks and drinks for onboard as I was getting fed up of paying £3.55 per coke!

We returned to the ship for the last time at about 1830 and then we people watched for a while before dinner at 2045 at The Beach House.

This was an odd venue that is part of the buffet by day but a bookable restaurant by night.

I had chicken tenders and Rob had a burger and that was followed by cheesecake with ice cream and chocolate fudge cake for Rob.

We were most baffled by the fact that only about 3 tables were occupied especially as last night we were turned away as they were “fully booked.”

Oddly, this ended up costing more than the Glass House at £34.

The pricing for this definitely wasn’t clear (I think there was an £11.50 charge per person plus some items had an extra charge) and I wouldn’t have said it was a better experience.

Back in the cabin we waited for the ship to leave port, Rob watched some boat ‘boy racers’ being chased by boat police.

He also waved to people on the dock as we sailed using his torch (they were doing the same). Before we finally went to bed at about 0030