Last day in the Netherlands

We leave on Tuesday and have to have a negative PCR test before arriving in Canada. So since the lab is closed on Sunday we got up early and had the test done by 7:30 today Monday. We now need to get a negative result before we leave tomorrow at 12:25. We can’t print boarding passes without the results. Should we be positive….. we haven’t got that plan B figured out yet. 

Here is what the town of Zaandam, where walked to get the test, looks like at 7:35am. 

We walked from Koog aan de Zaan the almost six kms there and back. No coffee to be found at that time of day. 

Time to spend the last day in Amsterdam. It was cold! It felt like snow. 

You may not see from this photo but the two buildings just behind the canal tour boat definitely lean forward. Built in the 1600s on pilings thrust into the mud, it is not surprising. We love looking at the houses in Amsterdam; they are beautiful.

Walking about we needed to warm up - Starbucks! 

Norm always needs a coffee.

After checking out some bookstores we headed for lunch at Droog. It was probably one of best lunches on this trip. Maybe the wood-burning fireplace helped. 

Hot chocolate and cappuccino. The Dutch always add a cookie with the beverage. So classy! 

Quiche and salad for Norm

Avocado toast with puréed yams and pine nuts! 

And we shared a squash soup with carrot and ginger. 

We thought of doing more outdoors but the wind and cold sent us home on the train, with Yellow Bunny of course. 

Tonight for dinner Lauraine made a French dish called Quenelle. Google it! Yummy.

Duncan, the cookie guy, made perfectly round dark and white chocolate delights! 

Now we pack and hope all goes well getting us home.