Amsterdam - Day 6

Tuesday, May 5th

This was also a Dutch Holiday "Liberation Day". In the Netherlands, Liberation Day (Dutch: Bevrijdingsdag) is celebrated each year on May the 5th to mark the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Breakfast at the hotel again.

I decided to not take my coat today and wear a short sleeve shirt. A BIG MISTAKE!!

Another adventure, Centrale Station to take Bus #316 to Volendam to see a local cheese market tour/tasting (Simon Hoeve cheese market- http://www.simonehoeve.com/en/).  All day bus ticket €10,00 per persron. This would end up to be a very, very rainy day. We got off the bus and luckily the cheese market was not far from the bus stop. The tour/tasting was free.  We bought a special cheese knife to use for more mature cheese. Who knew we were doing it wrong all this time!

Luckily we didn't have to wait to long for the next bus. We rode the bus in to the city of Volendam and had lunch at a quaint little restaurant on the corner. AMVO DE GASTHEER VAN VOLENDAM. We enjoyed a ham/cheese sandwich, with frites (fries) of course. We tried the Dutch dessert AppleCake along with a couple of bieres (Westmalle Dubbel, Dagsoep) and Coca-Cola light. (Cost €27,90)

Volendam is a village of fishermen, music and cheese.  My kind of place!We took the bus back to Centrale Station.

We had dinner at D'Antica Restaurante. A Very upscale restaurant serving genuine Italian food. We had brushetta as an appetizer; then I had the Ravioli filled with ricotta cheese and spinach in a sauce of butter and sage. Doug had the Tagliatelle with veal/beef tomato sauce. For dessert we shared a large portion of tiramisu. (Cost €78,46)

Back to the hotel for drinks.