Wednesday 17th June 2015 –
Amsterdam – Day 15
Most of the
morning was spent, washing down the decks, cleaning inside the cabin, while
Jack got on with his packing.
After lunch
on board, across on the ferry to the central station to the information,
received times and fares for trains, to and from Enkhuizen, Den Helder, where
future crew changes would take place.
Jack boarded
the DFDS bus outside the Victoria Hotel at 15.00, which would take him back to
Ijmuiden and the overnight ferry to Newcastle.
Thank you Jack, for all of your assistance and company in getting to
Amsterdam.
I needed a
long screw and went to the DIY shop on Canal Street, also purchased a
continental plug for the boat.
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| Het Scheepvaart |
I headed for
the ‘Het Scheepvaart Museum’, National Maritime Museum, a 30 minute walk away.
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| Amsterdam |
The replica of the three masted
“Amsterdam”, a large vessel of the Dutch East India Company, which in its
maiden journey to Batavia sank in a storm in the English Channel in winter of
1749, stands high above the waters of Ij Bay.
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| Gun Deck |
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| Quarter Deck |
The
interiors of the ship give you a very good idea of how life would be sailing something
of this size, and the man power needed to operate this fine vessel.
Inside the
museum building is a collection of fine paintings depicting many a sea battles,
many depicting the Dutch equivalent of Lord Nelson, ‘Michiel de Ruyter’
(1607-1676), whose accomplishments, included sailing Dutch warships up the
Medway estuary in June 1667, to the English naval base at Chatham, where they
destroyed and captured many ships.
There are
also wonderful exhibits of navigational instruments, photo albums, yacht
models, atlases and highly decorative glass, silver and porcelain. Unfortunately, the museum closed at 17.00, so
it became a bit of a dash, to try and see as much as I could.
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| City Skyline |
Across the
basin from the museum is a new style of building called the ‘Nemo’ which has an
open top roof built on a slant which you can walk up. From here, it is one of the highest points
which look over the city.
Next
building contains the city library, another new structure and on the top floor
is a walk in restaurant. You pick
whatever variety of food you would like, take it to one of the many chefs,
who cook it in front of you. I had a
gambas’ stir fry which was very enjoyable.
On leaving
the library, it was beginning to rain, so headed back for the station, ferry,
on board for 19.00.
I made a
start with this blog site, by this time it was raining heavily, early to bed.
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