Amsterdam

After getting off the ferry in Kiel, Germany and driving through Hamburg, we ended up in Amsterdam. Thank you, Leah for talking us into spending more time there though we still wanted to stay longer.

This is the street we drove down to our hotel. We couldn't believe we could actually drive down what looked like a narrow sidewalk. Apparently all the streets are like this and there are so many on bicycles too. We nearly got run over several times while walking the streets. Here is a picture where you can see how people just park the bikes anywhere. Of course they park their cars like that too!

I didn't realize there were so many canals in Amsterdam. Made us feel like we were in Vienna! The buildings were all so classic. We couldn't stop taking pictures of them.

Of course, a visit to Amsterdam would not be complete without a trip to the red light district. Below is a picture from one of the many streets there. You would never believe what was behind all those doors. And it was midday when we were there!

 The city was just beautiful and we were sad to leave it. Parking however was atrocious. We had the choice of parking in front of the hotel or a train ride away. We chose to park in front ,though it cost us a fortune. We were able to watch our car from our bedroom window which made it all worthwhile.

 All in all, we had a great time as you can see...

First we want to say we hope everyone is safe back in the states. Sounds like it was quite a storm. Apparently Europe keeps quite an eye on the US as every time we turn on the news, there was news about the storm or the election. Just as a side note, everyone we have talked with, as well as the news programs, wants Obama to win the election.  Oh, and Happy Halloween!

Elbtunnel

We found this old elevator tunnel in Hamburg. At first we tried to walk down but as you can see in this next picture, it was pretty scary. Reminded me of that scene in the movie National Treasure where the stairway kept breaking.

 

 We decided to drive it instead. To the left of the stairway picture you can kind of see the elevators. At any rate, this is the tunnel we found at the bottom. 

 

The car barely fit down the tunnel path. Now I know why no one was in line to use it! I tried to capture the ride in a video. Hope this works!

Off to Germany

We weren't in Gothenburg long before we jumped onto this ship headed for Germany. Was a pretty good ride considering we were in a small cabin with bunk beds and no port hole.

The car

So here it is...the reason we came. We finally figured out how to work this blog thing out so hopefully will be able to post more pictures.