We walked enough to qualify for a marathon today. We toured downtown Amsterdam and saw the Red Light district, the Coffee shops that don’t only serve coffee, the flower and vegetable markets, the canals, the main churches and the old buildings. Many of the buildings date to 15, 16 or 1700’s. The buildings all lean in one way or another. They were all leaning several inches to the front so that goods lifted to the upper stories would not damage the façade of the buildings. Many buildings also lean to the side. This is caused by the pilings that are driven into the river bed have rotted and resulted in the building shifting. The entire town and most of the country are below sea level and only dry due to the Dams and Dikes that have been built. We had dinner at a fondue restaurant next to the Oost Kerk (East Church). The restaurant may have had the steepest steps in the world to get to the eating floor. We all shared different cheese fondues and had a great dinner. We went to bed at 1am 2 nights in a row. This is a record for us these days.