Day 2 – Arrival at our rental apartment in the Oud West neighborhood
Amsterdam was founded as a fishing village in the 1200s and got its name from the Amstel river. The canals extend for 60 miles and have more bridges than Venice (1281 versus 409).
Out for an evening stroll in search of a restaurant when we came across this charming bench a few doors down from our rental apartment.The entry to our apartment on Jacob Van Lennepkade street. We are on the third and fourth floors.The view from our balcony overlooking the canal.There are 881,000 bicycles in the city which is four times the number of cars. More than half of the people cycle each day to work.25,000 houseboats line the canals and about 15,000 bikes are pulled from the canals each year!
