Alkmaar, Netherlands

... them? I digress. Where was I? Oh yes, the boat trip. This lasted about 45 minutes and took us around the canals of Alkmaar, pointing out the historic buildings as we went. It turned into a bit of an adventure trip as we passed under 22 low bridges. ...

Well today has been nice, we have gone to the towns Haarlem and Alkamaar, pretty little towns accesible by train, so we decided to make use of our rail passes. Alkamaar was about 25 minutes from Aamsterdam, so we went to that one first. It was small, with ...

Alkmaar turned out to be one of the most beautiful little towns that we have ever seen. Unfortunately because Alkmaar was such a small town it was hard to find a place to stay, and we were forced to rent a room in a 4 star Best Western Hotel. Oh well, it ...

Here's a short video of a walk through parts of the weekly street market in Alkmaar, held every Saturday.