Greg at the Central Station.
Lennika, Corne & Sen
Lennika, Corne & Sen
Canal cruise in Hertogenbosch
The boat holds 16 passengers and the pilot.
The boat had an electric motor.
The boat had an electric motor.
A beaautiful blue sky day on on our canal cruise.
The Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist in Hertogenbosch.
Stained glasses windows all around in this 800 year old church.
Huge pipe organ in the back of the church.
This is the view across the street from our hotel in Amsterdam.
The hotel is the Die Port van Cleve.
The front of our hotel at night.
Queen's Day celebration. Every store is selling orange shirts, hats and other things to wear.
The orange is for the House of Orange.
The orange is for the House of Orange.
The carnival in the Dam Square near our hotel.
They have a very tall "swing" It puts the one at Cinder City Days to shame.
We are having technical difficulties tonight downloading our pictures. The internet at this hotel is even slower than at our house. If possible, we will try to download some of today's pictures later.
Needless to say, we had a wonderful day. It started out leisurely at the hotel NH Carlton. After breakfast at the hotel, we checked out and walked about 10 minutes to tonight's hotel. We checked in but weren't given our room yet. We knew the room wouldn't be ready but we wanted to leave our luggage here while we went on the train to visit Corne Ruijs and his family in another town about one hour by train south of Amsterdam.
Afte checking our bags at tonight's hotel, the Die Port van Cleve, we walked to the Central Station and bought our train tickets. It was a lovely ride through the Dutch countryside. Some of it was along canals and part along the Maas River.
Corne, his wife Lennika and 14 month old boy, Sen, were waiting for us on the train platform when we arrived in Hertogenbosch. We had lunch in the central square in Hertogenbosch with the three of them. At the end of lunch Corne's father and mother came to take Sen with them for his afternoon nap.
Sen reminded us of Brady and made us miss our little guy, especially after learning of Wilbur's open heart surgery.
After lunch Corne, Lennika, Mary & I walked around the historic center part of the town and took a canal boat ride through some of the canals in this town. An interesting aspect of the canals here is that they go under many buildings and streets in the town. I would say almost as much of the canals are in tunnels under buildings and streets as they were out in the open. Even when they were in the open, most of the canals we were along the back side of homes and buildings in town.
After our canal tour we visited an 800 year old gothic church.
Corne and Lennika then took us in their car to the small town of Lith along the dikes to where Corne has his business. We saw their building and bus operation before they took us back to the train station in Hertogenbosch. Mary and I then took the train back to the Central Station in Amsterdam and walked back to our hotel.
After getting our room key and freshening up, we went out to eat dinner. We found a nice Argentine Steak House and had a tasty meal. We are now back at the hotel and will soon turn in for the day.
PS We didn't get to see the actual royal wedding as it was taking place although Mary made a b-line to the tv in the restaurant as William and Kate were still in the church. Tonight Mary is getting her Royal Wedding fix on CNN World News. Last night it was BBC. Tonight CNN seems to have the most coverage and rehash of the wedding. So Mary feels like she was there. We can go to bed happy.
Love to all of you. Greg & Mary/ Mom & Dad
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