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The Rijksmuseum was a festival of visual art, which is something I don’t appreciate as much as I wish I did. I did enjoy especially the model ships of all ages, and the glorious age of sail from a Dutch perspective.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n We also wandered about again, and found a few special buildings. There are many I have observed, whose foundations have failed in various ways, leaving sagging floors or leaning buildings.<\/p>\n ‘character’ buildings<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today, we moved on along the Vecht River, and are moored for the night in a small village Loenen. As we left Weesp, we had to pay a toll for the bridges, and this is done into a wooden shoe on a pole. Pat’s responsibilities aboard include this task!<\/p>\n paying bruggeld in the traditional way<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We spent a second day in Amsterdam, particularly to see the Rijksmuseum, and to do a canal trip. The canal trip was good: we good a great commentator, and were in a very low air-draft boat, so went through canals … Continue reading <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>