Happy 85th Birthday

4 November 2022

We went down and sat at the same table and the waiter brings me cranberry juice without asking. I had the Wellness Bowl, which sounded good when the waiter said what it was - cinnamon apples.

Wellness bowl

It was OK but it had a lot of other stuff in it like strawberries and nuts. I also had one poached egg

Poached egg

Lesley had a very nice looking waffle

Lesley's photo of her waffle

Message on the TV from the room steward

Laundry returned

On the bed this morning

I almost didn't go on the canal trip this morning because I did it with Bob in 2016, and it was supposed to be raining today. But I decided to go and it was a better tour boat than we had before and also it was sunny. We walked (I was on the scooter) about 10 minutes to the boat and the boat had all clean windows so taking photos from it was easy.

Tour boat

I took some photos and Lesley took some too.

Protect Clean Amsterdam

The EYE screens films and hosts cinema-related exhibitions

Canal boat by Lesley

Westerkerk Tower

Seven arches

Mint tower

Dutch boat-I just got the large paddles, but Lesley got the whole boat

Sea Palace Restaurant

Swans on the Canals

Church of St. Nicholas

Afterward we went back to the boat. I ran the scooter on the side of the water where it wasn't cobblestones, and it was much more comfortable, but that made Mike nervous.

Scootering on the smooth edge of the water

The boat ramp has cleats on it which I could probably do, but I think it will be better to just walk up as it has hand rails. When we got back to the room there was the menu for tonight at the Chef table and the AMA scarf.

Complimentary scarf

Me in the elevator - Mike waiting for us

We are lunch in the little 'bistro' area in front of the lounge.

Lunch menu

Lesley and Mike had hamburgers which looked good and I had a tuna melt, and bread pudding.

Tuna melt

Bread and butter pudding with vanilla custard

By this time we had started for Cologne. Lesley noticed a building with a red horse on it and I tried to zoom my camera in to see it. There were swings on the other side

Red Horse and Swings

Beer?

After lunch, Frederico told us the schedule for the next day.

Frederico

I went back to my room

Steaming to the Rhine

Heading down the river

Sunset at the lock

When we went through the first lock. I watched it on the bow camera.

Lock on the bow camers

Open lock gates

Sunset after the lock