Off to Amsterdam again using the trolley. We thought we had the hang of the trolley ---- we knew what stop we wanted to get off at and we pushed the button to request the stop but somehow we didn't realize that we had to push a button by the door once the trolley had stopped to open the door. Off to the next stop we went. We got on a different trolley at the next stop and managed to get near to where we wanted to be. If we stayed a couple of more weeks we might figure it all out!

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Traffic jam, canal style. If you look real close you can see a bit of blue in the sky.

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The building is the middle is a church I think --- it has the word Kerk (church) on it but that's it.

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One last Amsterdam canal scene.

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One last Amsterdam church .... see the blue sky.

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Carriage rides are not very popular here. We only saw a couple of horse and carriages.

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We decided it was time for a change of scenery so we walked over to Central Station and got on a train for Haarlem. It's about a 15 minute train ride. There's a train station near our hotel so on the way back we stopped at it and grabbed the tram for a 1 stop ride.

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The Grote Kerk in Haarlem.

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We picked up a walking tour of Haarlem from the local information center. Of course there were a number of churches on the tour. We had trouble finding the church in the right hand photo (it's the oldest church in Haarlem). When we did find it, I decided to walk around it and was very surprised with what I saw. In a building beside the church was a woman sitting in a window wearing something red and black garters. I didn't realize that Haarlem had a red light district and I was even more surprised I stumbled on it beside a church.

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This was the first street we saw that had identical buildings on it.

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How much is that doggy in the window?

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A drawbridge on the canal.

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The two building on the right was a brewery many years ago. I thought the other 2 tall buildings were interesting with the sailboat masts.

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A windmill on the canal.

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Most of the boats on the canal here are ocean going boats but there were a few house boats. I thought this one was really cute.