We had another good-weather day for our last ride on our Bike and Sail the Tulips trip. We rode to Zaanse Schans and back to Amsterdam in a loop. We started out our day with a quick Ferry ride to North Amsterdam. The ride was lovely. Riding in a group, I don't have the liberty to stop when I want to take a picture. Using your phone while riding is against the law and heavily enforced here. It will cost 150 Euro. So, when I saw the cube houses on stilts built over the canal, and when I saw the house decorated with wooden shoes, I didn't take pictures. We pedalled right on by. Steve and I discussed that it might be better to be on a tour with less miles and more time to stop. Sometimes we biked on paths through flat grassy lands, sometimes through narrow streets lined with brick homes built adjacent to the sidewalk without front yards. We stopped and parked our bikes at a museum with lots of 15th and 16th centur...
Letters to friends from a young-old woman, author and life explorer. This is Susan's journal of continuing travel adventures, goofy mishaps, and life experiences.