Day 57 - Antwerp to Amsterdam to London

Final Captain's dinner last night and it was a sad evening as we had to say farewell to good new friends we have made from Yorkshire and Australia.  

Cruised all night again, woke in Amsterdam and went to the airport for our flight to Heathrow.  Waited in the customs line for longer than the flight took from Amsterdam!!  Heathrow is not improving - in fact it appears that more and more rules are in place at this airport where the number of staff working in immigration continues to be far too few.  They do have a problem with illegal immigrants, and perhaps they will eventually close their borders, demand visas, and consider their membership of the EU.

Stayed overnight in London, not far from the airport.

We had no time to explore Amsterdam, but since we have been there once before this was not an issue.  It seems that everyone rides a bicycle in Amsterdam - in fact there are more than 1 million bikes in the city.

Apologies that there are no photos tonight - the SD card cannot be connected to the iPad because it is on its way to Melbourne along with our clothes, razor, toothpaste, and all of our travel possessions apart from minimal allowable hand luggage!!

The following photos have been added at home.

The final dinner on board the Scenic Jade.

A superb view as we cruised towards Amsterdam, looking across the flat Netherlands at sunset.

Margaret, Brian, Judy, Rob and Ian with Geoff (aged 93) in the front.

We arrive in Amsterdam.  The docks and the railway station.  Thousands of bikes congregate at this location and make for a very busy part of the city.

Over 1 million bikes in Amsterdam.  This is one of the triple story parking bays for bicycles.