Achy legs? Hop-On-Hop-Off

Flat photos are in Smugmug.com (taken with my Sony QX-100).
360-degree photos are in Flickr.com (taken with my LG 360).


I needed to give my body a chance to recover, and the weather forecast was less cloudy in the afternoon, so today was an easy decision.

I had breakfast at Wonder's which was next to the train station. €9.50 included two eggs (I asked for sunny side up) each on top of its own thick slices of hard crusted bread whose middle was like a moist dense cake. There was a small salad the side with arugula, lettuce, cucumber, and pine nuts. It had no dressing, but the greens were so delicious because they were so fresh. The tea was high quality and the orange juice was fresh-squeezed.

The friendly waitress/cashier (who could have passed as a young Shania Twain) said that the croissant was coming after she delivered my food. At first, I thought that that was just too many carbs. The freshly baked large croissant came with butter and jam on the side, but my surprise came when I tore it apart and it was so fluffy and light. And it was so delicious, I wouldn't have minded if that was all I had.

I bought City Sightseeing Amsterdam's 24-hour bus-and-boat pass for €28. I started with the bus loop, followed by the long boat loop, followed by the short boat loop, which I did twice. We passed by many of the same sites but from a different side.

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. (The bus and the first boat were not open-air, so the photos were taken through the glass with glare and reflections. Sorry about that.)

This vehicle is actually a moving restaurant of sorts. The diners were pedaling while they were enjoying their food. :)

Sea Palace Chin Restaurant. The biggest Chinese restaurant in the country is on its own island.

A boat apartment complex?

After the long boat loop and before the short boat loops, I stopped at the Van Gogh Cafe by the dock and had a slice of a very thick apple pie, which wasn't too sweet, served with a large dollop of whipped cream sprinkled with ground cinnamon. Accompanied with sparkling iced tea. I didn't know there was such a thing until the bartender gave me the option.

Dinner was from Febo, a burger place in Zaandam, on the walk from the train station.

Observations

Both the waitress at Wonder's and the bartender at Van Gogh Cafe were very beautiful that they could be models but were still very friendly. It feels like a disconnect. Is my world view wrong? Is it the Dutch culture?