Amsterdam

Sunshine again on Wednesday so we rug up and head back to town on the train. First stop is a newly renovated maritime museum, with a replica ship and some amazing exhibits. The building dates from 1656 and was built on 1800 piles sunk into the harbour floor.
We return to the pancake place for lunch - they are as big as family pizzas with topping choices from ham and cheese to apple and nutella. GF available and yum. There's lots of quirky shops and beautiful buildings to explore, then Kay goes on a 2 hour cannabis tour. Its another fascinating part of Dutch culture - you can be arrested for smoking tobacco indoors but it's ok to smoke illegal but tolerated marijuana. You can't sell alcohol and marijuana in the same building. A recent federal law to restrict sale to locals and neighbouring visitors has been repealed in Amsterdam, they don't want to stop the millions of cannabis tourists. You don't go to a coffee shop to drink coffee. And you don't order a brownie to take home to your grandma. Like everything there's lots of facts, figures and opinions.
We both wander around the red-light district and ogle the ladies. I wonder if there are men in windows somewhere??