Amsterdam

Pop (Bruce's Dad, born in Holland) said there were a lot of push bikes in Amsterdam - but that is a total understatement. At Centraal station everyday there are 12000 bikes left as people head to work. In a population of 750 000 people, there are more than 550 000 bikes. They say the canals are 3 metres deep - one metre mud, one metre water and one metre bikes. They have bike fishing to retrieve them from the canals. We've lost count of the number of times we've nearly been hit by cyclists. While eating lunch we witnessed 3 near misses between bikes and scooters. They are everywhere! On pavements, roads, tram tracks. Anything goes and it takes some getting used to. In spite of the dangers and the obvious risk to life and limb ;) we've soldiered on to bring you this photographic update ...
Bicycle fishing
The boys enjoyed the soup of the day:)
We caught up with the boys Uncle and cousins in Breezand outside of Amsterdam.
Family time
A traditional Dutch mill.
A gorgeous canal home in Amsterdam. Next (and last stop) - Singapore, as our marvellous journey comes to an end:( xLinda, Bruce, Chris and Ang.