Dateline: Amsterdam and Rome Thursday 14th April 2011

Fine and warm
Still in Amsterdam for the morning we decide to take a tour on a canal boat.
Trivia:   
*There are 1250 bridges in Amsterdam, 500 of which date from the 1700's
*Traffic jams in the city occurred as early as the 16th Century,  At that time they set up one-way streets for carriages and restricted them to certain streets.
*The Zoo has free entry every September.  This dates back to the time when they regularly laid new stones for the paths.  Many clogs would soon crush the stones to pebbles and poor people would get to visit the zoo.

 Late afternoon and we board the overnight train for Rome.

Next :  Rome, Italy