We get up impressively early (before 8am!) to see The Anne Frank House, and are rewarded with no queue (it had reached an hour and a half the day before). I recognise bits from photos in the diary, but Iain hasn't read it. It's very moving, and makes it more tangible to see the actual location of the Annexe, including the moveable bookcase, etc. The museum is well put together, informative and a good memorial. Stupid American Quote, missing point entirely: "I was disappointed with the Anne Frank House - I mean, there was no furniture, just pictures. I was really disappointed that they didn't have the furniture - it wasn't very good."

The zoo is our next stop, where we can visit the aquarium and planetarium included in the ticket price. The price, however, is about £7. We decide we'd like to see it anyway, and just hope it's good. It's small, but most enclosures are quite nice. We see the elephants and seals being fed, and the monkeys

[Our friend the sea lion, in Amsterdam Zoo, the Artis.]

being washed (it was supposed to be their cage, not them). The planetarium has an interesting show on the Eclipse, albeit in Dutch. The lions are trying to have sex, but unfortunately for them there are a lot of human voyeurs. I fall in love with swimmy animals and spend ages watching the manatee, which Iain decides are ugly. Interesting point: the polar bears are adjacent (though not visible) to the seals, and are taken inside when the seals get fed, in case either party gets noisy and agitated.

[A boat with a lee-board, which Iain liked.]

Lunch becomes hot dog and chips, as everything else is too expensive. The aquarium is less than impressive to me, but then I've been spoilt by Sea World, in Florida. Still, the sharks and rays are cool, and we collect a Stupid American Quote (in an exhibit of Customs confiscations "It's a real shame they had to kill all these animals to exhibit them.") I notch up my own stupidity and lose the English Guidebook, which means we have to navigate by Dutch and smell.

We return to the hotel about 6pm, and try to book a dinner cruise. The hotel receptionist is far too busy making personal phone calls, and is utterly hopeless. We book and get directed to an office in town to pay. Upon arrival, we find that not only have we been booked as both being vegetarians, and on the wrong cruise,

[Us on a dinner cruise during our last night.]

but the one we "booked" is cheaper and doesn't exist anyway. It's sorted and we go to the pier. It's all a bit fancy, and as we're late, we get on the half empty boat, which is even better. We've neglected to remember that as it's 7.30pm, it'll be light and not candlelit, but the atmosphere is still nice, though not very romantic. Almost exactly the same commentary as the other boat trip, but, as there are only a dozen on board, with a more personal touch. We planned to go out after, to a jazz club, but after getting cold and going back to change, we elect to sleep instead.