Visite sur les canaux d'Amsterdam / Visit on the canal of Amsterdam


Pour finir notre voyage, nous sommes montés à bord d'une mini-croisière nommé ' Michel-Angelo' pour se promener sur les canaux  où nous avons pu nous émerveiller devant les belles façades des maisons d'Amsterdam qui longent les canaux.

Grâce à cette excursion, nous avons pu apercevoir la ressemblance entre Amsterdam et Venise, parfois appelé la ' Venise du Nord', avec ses 250 ponts ne détrônant pas la ville italienne qui en comporte 400.

Alors que nous nous laissions entraîner par la beauté du paysage environnant, nous avons appris beaucoup de choses du point de vue culturel et historique. En effet, ancienne petite ville de pêcheurs, la ville d'Amsterdam a connu au Moyen-Age une forte croissance faisant d'elle l'un des principaux ports du monde.
Nous n'avons pas manqué de voir la maison d'Anne Franck, jeune fille juive pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale connue pour la rédaction de son journal, qui ne cesse d'attirer les touristes.

Après être passé devant le Jardin Botanique, l'un des plus vieux au monde fondé au XVIIème Siècle pour des fins médicinales, et l'incroyable bateau marchand de la ' Compagnie Néerlandais des Indes Orientales' plus connu sous le nom d' Amsterdam, nous sommes rentrés là où nous avons débuté notre virée pour ensuite découvrir la capitale des Pays-Bas, cette fois-ci à pied.

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We finished our journey in Amsterdam, on a cruise called ' Michel-Angelo', on the canals.
We could marvel at the façades along the canals.

Thanks to this excursion, we could see the difference between Amsterdam and Venise nicknamed " The North Venice", with its 250 bridges which don't dethrone the italian city which possess 400 ones.

While we were led away by the beauty of the landscapes, we learned a lot of cultural things.
Indeed, Amsterdam, a former fishermen village,  has known a strong growth on the Middle-Age so that turned it to one the main port on the world. We've also seen Anne Franck's house, a Young jewish girl during the World War II well known for her diary, which continues to attract tourists.

After passing in front of the Botanical Garden a 375 year-old-one one of the oldestin the world built for medical purposes and in front of the wonderful " Dutch East India Company " known as Amsterdam, we finally came back where we embarked and then we visited the capital, walking around the Streets.

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