We had flown into Amsterdam and rented a car. So at some point we needed to return the car to Amsterdam - so worked in a trip on Sunday to return the car and see the city. We timed it just right as we hit some heavy rain showers as we came back to the airport to return the car but it had cleared by the time we reached the city.
Amsterdam was a bit of a shock to the system after being in smaller cities in villages for the past week. Amsterdam was a bee hive of activity with cars, bikes, mopeds and tourists hauling suitcases mixed together in a soup of craziness. The cannabis culture was not as overt as I thought it would be and we were able to successfully avoid the famed red light district. My pronouncement that we were going to visit the Rijks Museum was not met with an overly enthusiastic response but I think the kids did get something out of the visit.
We spent most of the day wandering through the various neighborhoods dissected by the canals. Overall it was a very nice visit to Amsterdam but, like NYC, I find the scale and pace to be a bit much and we were all glad to hop on a train back to Maastricht.
It is a 2.5 hour train ride back across Netherlands to get back to Maastricht. The time went pretty quickly as we engaged in a raucous game of hearts on the trip back.
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