We caught a short flight(very inexpensive) to Prague from Amsterdam. With wonderful instructions from Vincent – our AirBnB host – we caught the correct bus and exited a 100 feet from the entrance to our apartment for our stay here. If you are looking to use AirBnB for your stay in Prague, check out Vincent’s places. He is very knowledgable about the city and gives you more than enough information for a comfortable and interesting stay.
After we arrived, we were both hungry so Vincent told us about a roof top restaurant pretty much next door – I though this would be a great idea – would give us an aerial view to get our bearings. Then we walked for several hours on a very bright sunny day. The photos were better when the sun descended a bit. Here is the first batch from our walkabout.
Cousin Greetje took us on a drive today up through to Marken. Some little villages along the dikes where I would love to live, or at least cycle for a few days. She told me Marken was created from the sea. Started as a fishing village on stilts. From what she told me I thought it was created in the last 50-60 years. It has been there at least 700 years. Crazy. Nice walk about. Some of the photos here are from a few villages on the way there. Ransdorp – Durgerdam – Coffee was at Uytdam.
Was a very rainy day today – not tons of pictures. Went to visit some friends, Kurt and Lexie. Wonderful lunch with Dutch Apple tart for dessert. Yummy. I need to walk more. Then a walk through Muiden. About 10 minutes from where we are staying at Yvonne’s cousin’s place. There was this huge castle called the Muiden Castle(big surprise there) which they began building about 1280 – makes it over 700 years old. Holland is an amazing place. I learned today how the Dutch used wind powered saw mills to build ships faster than anyone made the Netherlands the most powerful naval force in the world in the 1600s. Maiden in on the sea. There are locks here and the pubs near the locks are somewhat famous in the area for sitting and listening to husbands and wives on the boat fighting about where to put the ropes, etc.
Here are a couple of shots from today:
