Day 9 - Thursday 4 April 2024
The last full day of the cruise, with a well anticipated included excursion at 08:30 to Keukenhof Gardens and its tulip display.
But when we awake it's pouring. The rain is coming down in a fury, and it doesn't let up. We decide not to join the excursion. About 30 minutes after coaches depart the rain stops and the sun shines, but ten minutes later the rain in all its fury returns.
The rain stops at lunchtime.
I enjoyed the Fettucine Bolognaise with a green salad and dry Wiener Gemischter Satz, Nussberg, 2020.
So many excursions had taken place on mornings while it was raining while the afternoons had been sunny. Today was no different. After lunch we set off for the Tulip Museum, passing the war memorial in Dam Square (above).
The museum entrance is at the rear of a shop that appear to be the main purpose of the venture and there's a long queue of people buying bulbs and tulip related paraphernalia. One thing I took away is the word 'tulip' come from the Turkish word for a turban, because of the similarity of their shape.
We might not have seen Keukenhof but we saw plenty of tulips. These were in one of many large pots on bridges.
In all my many stays in Amsterdam I never saw use being made of the hoist at the top of buildings, but today I saw two being used. This chap is lowering wood panels out the window to another on the pavement.
Our last dinner of the cruise was accompanied by this rather pleasant Chianti Classico
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