In the morning we walked along the canal a mile to the national museum, Rijksmuseum, stopping at a cafe/bakery along the way. Spent several hours at the museum, including an interesting highlights tour. The Netherlands has a goal of every Dutch child seeing Rembrandt 's iconic painting The Night Watch, thought to symbolize the nation's independence, at least once while growing up. A good percentage were there this morning.
This afternoon we took a canal boat tour around the city. Gave us a better feel for the old city, and a look at various old Dutch boats and houseboats converted from old barges and canal boats. Great fun.
Took it easy otherwise; still adjusting our brains' clocks.
Beautiful day today- sunny, windy, temp about 70. Forecast chilly and cloudy.
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