July 28 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
We're baaaacckk. And it hasn't changed a bit in 2 whole days! Today's tour was very interesting. We took a short bus ride to the north part of the city, which is across the waterway from where we're docked. The first stop was at an attraction called This is Holland. Visitors are escorted in pretty small groups into 3 rooms. First was a little bit of information about how the land in the Netherlands has been reclaimed over the years and what an amazing engineering feat that was, and continues to be. The next room was a little bit about the different parts of the Netherlands and what goes on there. And then, the best part, where we entered a room with one of those semi-surround screens and chairs that feel like you're being suspended under a parasail. We were asked to put our bags in the net sleeve under the seat and strap ourselves in. Then the lights went out, the half wall in front of us folded down, and we were off. The...