Grand Circle River Tour: Amsterdam 1 [Sky Watch Friday]

After a hiatus of several months, I am ready to start posting images again. Today’s shots were made during a river cruise with Grand Circle. The trip encompassed cities on the Rhein [Rhine], Main and Donau [Danube] and through the Rhein-Main-Donau Canal. We arrived in Amsterdam on Sept. 24, several days ahead of the official tour start [we wanted some time on our own as well as get a head start on recovering from jet lag. Our hotel, Hotel Alexander, was well situated and we started out walking [after storing our luggage].
Amsterdam is a city of canals, bicycles, flowers, interesting architecture, and lots of people.  Here is a sampling of of what we saw in the first few days.