On to Amsterdam. We took the "This is Holland and Gin Tasting" tour, again. Just as much fun as the first time, maybe even better. This is Holland is a 5D presentation of fast and furious flight around the country on a domed screen with dangling legs, sprays of mist, plenty of sound effects. It's not for the faint of heart! Pati picked up a brochure and looking at it the next day, asked Gordon how long the 5D part lasted. He said, twenty minutes. It was actually nine minutes. This little car was found in the canal and was refurbished:
It seems odd, sitting on a ship, doing nothing. You know, read a book, look something up online, have a cup of coffee. Then comes the realization that you're doing nothing in frickin' Amsterdam!
In Tilbury, UK, we bussed to Canterbury to see the cathedral. Of course, the location is famous for the murder of Thomas Beckett in 1170. It seems that Henry II didn't really mean for the knights to kill him, but they'd had a bit to drink, you see. We never cease to wonder at how those old buildings remain strong for so many years.
In Edinburgh, we headed out for supplies: cookies and Percy Pigs from M&S. Next day, we wandered around Inverness on our own, buying dried peas (to make mushy peas...a box costs well over $4 in the States, if one can get them. They're 70p at the Tesco) and cookies. While we waited for the bus, the locals posed for photos.
