July 1st Arrival in Prague

After a night of not sleeping very well we arrived in Prague and had to say good-bye to our new biking friends.  They had ridden their bikes from Prague to Amsterdam and were returning by train.

So we gathered our stuff.

And left our little train cabins.

To again walk with our luggage to our new home in Prague.

Of course I had to take advantage of the picture moment as we had to wait for directions.

So here is some pictures of our 4 bedroom apartment.

As you can see it didn't take long for the guys to settle in and relax.

This is the master bedroom which on one is using.

The dinning room with all of our luggage thrown down.

Mike & Pam's room.

Another spare bedroom.

Roger's and my bedroom.

The kitchen.

The breakfast table.

The bathroom.

After we got settled in and had some aperitifs.  We had to head back down to the train station to buy our tickets to go from Prague to Vienna since I could not purchase them online.  We then had to search out a grocery store.  Pam searched this one all on her own but decided it didn't have what we needed.

As you can see love is still in the air.

At least most of the time.

Let me just say grocery shopping is getting more interesting as this trip goes on.  We are never really sure what we are buying but it is fun to experiment.  But we did decide to go out for dinner tonight since we were all tired and didn't feel up to cooking and cleaning up.  We were fortunate that they handed us an English menu.

So it is off to bed because our Prague adventure starts tomorrow.  And all we can think about is getting some apple strudel that we heard about on Samantha Brown.  Dobrou noc dear friends!

June 30th Train to Prague

We needed to clean everything out of the fridge and we couldn't let anything go to waste so what we couldn't pack we had to eat or drink.

While Pam and I finished packing the guys headed over to Dappermarket to pick up our last sandwiches from our new fast food owner/operator friend.  He has risen to the #1 market food stand in the Amsterdam area, with the magazine article to prove it.  As most successful businessmen have there is a woman behind him ensuring his success.

Then it was time to leave.  So with saddened hearts we locked up the houseboat and headed down the road with all our luggage.

We had our first breakdown on our way to the train station.

So we had a pit stop to switch bags around.

Then we were good to go.

We stopped and ate lunch by the river.

Pam decided she would like to get a coffee.  If you look close you can see it.

We headed on to the station and then suddenly the skies opened up and poured on us and at that moment it became every man/woman for themselves.  Which left Mike in the back looking through the suitcase for his coat but what he then realized is that at the pit stop he had changed that one and now Pam had it and she was long gone.  The plan had originally been that Mike would sit outside and watch the suitcases while the rest of us went shopping but I decided I didn't need my ornament that bad.  So we went and sat at the train station.

We boarded the train for a 16 hour overnight adventure.  What we learned from this adventure is pay the extra money and get a bed not the reclining seats that really don't recline.

June 29th

We had another mellow morning but of course headed back to the Dappermarket.  Mike's new friend was passing by as he was making a comment about wanting the same sandwich that his friend had had the other day.  So his friend heard that and stopped so he could order the sandwich for Mike.  We then got another sandwich from the same place we had gotten the day before.  We then made a practice run to see which way we wanted to go with our luggage tomorrow.   We ran across another little market in our search for an ice-cream which we never got.

With two cruise ships in today the streets were very  busy.

There were lots of tour guides out with their groups so Roger thought he needed to make sure we could see him.

He showed us the Bjorn Borg design studio.  When our tour was done we had to get back and pack.

June 28th

Today we didn't do much of anything except hang out with our feathered friends.  The weather was warm and muggy.  We ventured out to pick up something for dinner and found a wonderful little sandwich place at the Dappermarket.  When we got back the wind picked up and it cooled down quick.    Later came the thunder and lightning.  

June 27th Ann Frank's House

We headed out early again this morning.   We walked by the harbor area.

Roger leads and we just follow him around except when he crosses the road on red lights.  We tend to be a little bit more cautious.

We took Mike and Pam to Ann Frank's house and dropped them off since we had already been there.  There were a lot of people in line because Celebrity had a ship in port today.  Mike got a little nervous that we were taking his picture as we were leaving them because he thought we might not come back for them.

While they were at Ann Frank's house we walked to a cigar shop.  Of course as our luck would have it the only day that they do not open at 9:30 is Monday they don't open until 12:00.  Well since we had to meet Mike & Pam at 12:30 we couldn't wait until they opened so we just walked back.  We again walked through the flower market.  We got back to the meeting spot with too much time to spare so we walked over to another street market.

 I like walking down their picturesque streets.

And their canals.

They were waiting when we got back so we sat there in the shade for a little bit.  Today got pretty warm so it felt good to be in the shade.  Well we went back to the cigar store and Roger got his cigars.  We walked past the Amsterdam University.
So they tried to look studious.

We walked to Rembrandt's house.

There was a flee market behind the house and Mike found something he wanted.  If only it fit...











in his suitcase.