Our last day of biking took us first to a star shaped, fortified town of Naarden. The defensive star shape, from the 17th century allows for sightings of every possible line of attack. From Naarden we bike along to a castle outside the town of Muiden. The castle itself in now a tourist destination. The structure is what we like to think of as a classic shape for all castles. It has the moat, the draw bridge, high stone walls with touret towers at the corners. It has been saved from neglect and restored and is now an interactive museum.
We take the afternoon to ride back to Amsterdam along the "Amsterdam-Rhine" canal. A very flat, easy ride to finish the trip. We can stay on the barge both Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Thursday is another day for Rick, Carol, Drew, Annie and myself to take in more sights of the City. One of the items we wanted to go through was the maritime museum. Inside they have a huge collection of navigation pieces, world atlas's, and models of yachts. Outside is a floating full scale sailing ship, the Amsterdam.
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