07/31/24 Amsterdam Tour

On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, we started the day at the breakfast buffet in the hotel. It was FABULOUS!!! (It would have cost $25 Euros each if we hadn't gotten it with our room). They had a jam bar and fancy pastries and fruits and eggs and so much food!!! It was delightful!

Our group got on a tour bus. We stopped at the Molen Van Sloten Windmill and the Clara Mia Cheese Farm and Clog factory. Then we went to the heart of Amsterdam and did a walking tour around the area. The time with the tour group was about 4 hours and then the rest of the day we had to ourselves.

The group we were going on the River Cruise with consisted of about 20 people from the St. George area and 80 people from the Salt Lake area. The pre-tour group was about 30 people from the group of 100 that we would eventually join. It was really fun to get to know all the people from our area. The boat only had 143 people total so most everyone was part of our group.

We stopped at the windmill and took some pictures and then went to the cheese factory. We learned lots of cool stuff about cheese. (Like we could vacuum pack it and not refrigerate it and it would be just fine!!!!) So I of course wanted LOTS of cheese!!!! It was SO good!

In many of the cities, Amsterdam included, you are not allowed to bring tour busses into the city center. So we had to park out aways and walk in for our walking tour. So we had to hike quite a ways. We went at least 2 miles every day for our walking adventures.

We decided we should probably take it easy after yesterday so after the tour we stayed around the hotel all afternoon. We ordered pizza from Domino's pizza and tried their advertised special, the Fricken Dutchman. It was sausage, curry BBQ sauce and mayo. It wasn't terrible! haha.

We also got a hot and spicy which was just that. Jalapeño, Pepperoni and spicy sauce. Pretty good!

For dinner we had smoked cheese from the cheese tour and some bags of doritos and cheetos.

We played some games and hung out in the lobby for awhile. We walked around the hotel grounds - which was a beautiful walking path and green grass and a little water. It was really peaceful and nice there.

The Cheese Farmer & Shelly

Bob & Judy Bolivar

Coy Langston and Michelle Hanna

Diane & Eldon Griffin

Shelly & Andy Griffin

The "Frickin Dutchman"
Dominos Pizza
Sausages, curry BBQ sauce & mayo

Poor man's dinner
All the snacks left from our bag and
smoked cheese from the cheese factory
yum!

Grounds around the hotel

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