Up early the next morning. Our floor had an iron and board.
A rooftop statue outside.
There was a separate section of our hotel.
With a hallway to the other side.
which went above some train tracks.
The TV had a show on the upcoming eclipse.
Many people watching a previous one.
This guy even has a t-shirt for it.
It will be 100% in some countries, like Spain, but only near 90% in Germany.
Sea turtle earrings for Ogii.
The hotel has lockers if we need to store our bags.
There's a lot of trash outside in the mornings, and the birds pick it out of the garbage cans.
Sunrise over canal boats with the train station and cathedral.
With us.
Some engravings.
A guy sleeping on a bench.
Old window covers.
Looking down the canal.
Muddy bikes pulled out of the water.
A church.
From 1571.
The prostitutes are all closed up.
Ready for the evening.
Another engraving.
The hotel had a breakfast buffet.
With many items.
Our selections.
Then back out again. A few boats are going down the canals now.
The train station.
The left "clock" actually indicates the wind direction.
Center.
And an actual clock on the right.
Our canal cruise.
Which had lots of flowers.
And drinks.
Ready to go.
Me.
Ogii.
It was hot, so the umbrella helped.
The cathedral.
Many buildings had statues on top.
Like this one.
Colorful windows.
Neat building.
An older one.
Asian restaurant.
Snacks on our boat.
Rooftop balcony.
Neat building.
Many people live in boats on the canals.
There are many bridges across the canals.
A tower.
Many houses had hooks to haul up items.
A very simple house boat.
One with a garden on top.
Many of the buildings were a bit crooked due to settling.
Going under a bridge.
Sunflowers.
Our captain.
Most of these buildings were tilted a bit.
Ship front sculpture on a bridge.
The front of this building was historical and couldn't be changed, so they tore down the building behind it but left the front.
A bridge open for a larger boat.
I can touch the bottom of this bridge.
Many bridges in a row.
Flowers.
Carvings.
Expensive carving.
A fox.
Other animals.
Restaurant.
Tiny car. That should be easy to park.
A very skinny building.
Sculpture.
Old building.
All of us.
Many flowers.
Many bikes.
Angel.
A saying along the wall.
Which people put beer bottles on.
Many bikes pulled out of the canals.
Afterwards, I went west of the strain station to see if our ship was there, but nope, it was a different one.
Ours was to the east.
Although it was hard to find, as the main cruise terminal was closed, and you had to go to the eastern side of it to find this sign that said river cruise. The sign should be out in the front.
Us with our boat.
The atrium.
A painting of Kara, the name of our boat, who is one of the valkyries.
Dining room.
Which had some lunch.
Salad.
Sides.
Desserts.
The upper floor.
Which had many chairs under shades.
The back.
Had a putting green.
A mini garden.
With herbs.
And shuffleboard.
A second boat was right next to ours.
Inside was a little computer station.
And library.
Coffee and roll area.
Bar.
Piano.
Upper dining area.
Back to the center.
Which had guest services.
And a little store with Viking items.
Ogii by some flowers.
Our daily.
Not nearly as much going on as ocean cruises.
The parents' room.
Which had a balcony.
Bathroom.
Our room.
Ogii and I walked to the Science Museum.
Although we didn't want to go in.
We wanted to go up to the roof, which was free.
Up this long incline.
Many stairs.
Wather info at the top.
Above 80% humidity feels oppressive, and it's nearly 95% today.
Benches.
Flowers.
A lookout area.
With us.
A view of the cathedral to the west.
Canals to the south.
We had a drink in the restaurant, which had a view of a room of the museum, which mostly seemd like it was for kids.
And old ship to the east.
And a ton of people partying on docks.
The cathedral and Asian restaurant to the west.
Ogii on the stairs.
Cool building.
There were a fair number of people on little boats, but this was the only one I saw where they had a blow-up pool on it.
Funky art pieces on the roof.
Horse head masks on this bike.
Korean BBQ.
Huge Asian restaurant.
Neat building.
String art.
Church.
With some sculptures.
Very nice.
A mural.
Back to our boat.
We got Dad and Mom a pop-out card.
It has lights and music.
Dinner. The left side is a menu that is the same every day; the right side is different each day, with the upper-right being regional dishes.
Ogii had BBQ beef brisket.
I had steak.
Tompoes for dessert.
And ice cream.