dinsdag 18 maart 2014

Tourists

With the nice weather the tourists have arrived in Amsterdam, although they are here the year around these days. Anyway to make a boat tour in the canals is better with sunshine and the roof open.

From the bridge I had a good look inside. If you ever visit Amsterdam you have to make a boat tour. A few years ago I realised I had made one in my teens for the last time so I joined one and felt a tourist in my own  birthtown for a while, it was fun.

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  1. Good sometimes to see our home-places through the eyes of visitors.

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  2. I know, you went on the boat ride and felt like a tourist in your own home town - well, this summer I am going to go on a whale ride, even though I see them all the time. I am going over to St. Andrews (20 min away) and take one of the tourist sailing ships out into the Bay Of Fundy and photograph whales and just be a tourist for the day, even though I live here. I would definitely go on the boat ride too as you did - gee, looks warm there - we still have tons of snow. Have a wonderful day.

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  3. Not sure if they still have them, but we went on an evening cruise on one of those boats. Lovely too at night...with all of the twinkling lights. Even the little bridges were outlined. Being a tourist is a good thing. I am ready to go somewhere!

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    1. Yes there are all kind of tours, at night, with a drink or a meal or an extra through the harbor etc. You even arrived by boat in Amsterdam!

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  4. Looks wonderful Marianne, thank goodness for tourists even though sometimes they can be annoying :)

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  5. It was on my bucket list for years and I finally got to do it in 2008

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  6. I think that it is so smart to occasionally act like a tours in one's own city! My husband and I have a practice we call "Friday Field Trip" where we visit, tour or see our Twin Cities attractions or attend a cultural event. Sure spices up our life and makes it more enjoyable.

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  7. De toeristen zijn vroeg maar ja je kan niet anders verwachten met dat lekkere weer. Wij hebben een paar jaar geleden een avondtoer gemaakt maar dit jaar wil ik het toch ook nog eens overdag. Amsterdam verveelt nooit, toch.

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  8. When you are a tourist in large cities, by all means take a tour. I took a boat tour in Chicago and a couple of bus tours. It was well worth it.

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  9. Nice shots! Looks like fun and I will take a boat ride if I go to Amsterdam.

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  10. In own town it is fun sometimes to play as a tourist.
    I would like to be the right turist in the boat in your town.
    You already have the summer!

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  11. Ziet er uitnodigend uit. Heerlijk in de zon.

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  12. That looks like a great trip, whether you are a native or a tourist. Especially in such beautiful spring weather.

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  13. i wouldnt mind going once again too!

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  14. That does look like a fun way to see the city!

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