Vincent Van Loon was a houseboat owner in Amsterdam who was constantly being questioned by tourists about his houseboat and what life was like for him living on it.
So, in 1997 he decided to open a houseboat in Amsterdam to the public to address this curiosity.
Take a peek inside the Maria Hendrika!
She was built in 1914 to haul materials up and down the canals.
In the 1960’s she was converted to a houseboat where people lived until she was opened to the public for tours in 1997. And yep, that’s me, reflected in the mirror.
Holland houseboats have all the comforts of home as you can see, including heating, kitchens, living rooms, bathrooms, bedrooms and decks which function as garden terraces.
There are approximately 3,050 houseboats in Amsterdam with people living onboard, and 100,000 legally occupied houseboats in all of the Netherlands.
Does life aboard a houseboat appeal to you? If it does, and you want to try out living aboard, there are houseboat bed & breakfasts you can stay in to see if you like the lifestyle.
Cheers to you from a cozy and comfortable Amsterdam houseboat~
Super cool pictures!
Ahhh, thanks so much~
I best not show this to my hubby! He’ll be on the next flight! It looks so cozy, but not sure I could handle the constant movement of water. Beautiful pictures!
Yes, I understand, some people tend to not like the motion, for me it enables the best night sleeps ever, much better than on land.
That’s interesting. I may have to give it a try one day 😃
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I think I would love it….if only I were younger…the simplicity, and being rocked at night in the cradle of the sea….
Exactly, the ‘rocked at night’ thing works so well for me. It gives me the deepest and most peaceful sleep. We are alike in more than name, but we knew that……
Fantastic! That would be a dream of mine…
Here’s sending you wishes to grab your dream. The more you dream, the more likely it is you’ll get what you wish for! <3
I love the decor, Cindy. So colorful and vibrant. The diamond shaped mirror and the green hearth were details plus large, bold paintings! It reminded me of the miniature doll houses, filled but not “crowded” looking. I am not sure since I have to take ‘dramamine’ even on slow ferry boats, the motion is not easy on my equilibrium. I would visit bur not plan to live there! 🙂
Happy Hump day, tomorrow! ♡
I understand the motion sensitivity, some of my family members have it too. I notice your eye for detail Robin. You don’t miss anything. And yes, these Dutch artistic themes are utterly charming, and pass down through the generations, making the Netherlands a visually distinct and most pleasing place to vist.
Thanks for this tour – so cool! Love the selfie too. We had a friend who lived in a houseboat and after less than a year left – it was in the northwest US and she said it was too damp!
I think people who live differently have so much to show us in terms of how we live. Like your friend who tried it. Good for her. She’s living and searching. How cool it that?
Yeah- well at the time – her hubs was in school and she was nannying (that means broke dollars wise – ha) and so I guess the boat was free – they now have house with children – and I assume bank account – lol-
Oh and I saw a lighthouse today that reminded me of Amsterdam –
I love the neatness and scale of the houseboat but I would prefer something similar on dry land. How about living in a windmill?
Ahhh……. Yes! You whose mind thinks like mine. I want to go back and am doing so. It’s great to look at all these working windmills that are x hundred years old, but the people who live in them fascinate me more, and I never met them. So I am going back to see a windmill or six where people live today. Love to you Mandy.
Hooray! That’s made my day.
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Looks so cozy!
Yes, and different, which is always good~
How wonderful! I think it would be a terrific vacation. Do permanent residents live year round?
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Yes they do. They are limited in Amsterdam, to 3050, or so berths, because Amsterdam is a world treasure and houseboat berths are limited. But a 100,000 or so live “legally” in houseboats all over the Netherlands. I wonder how many live illegally. There are people living very non-standard lives all over the Netherlands. How cool is that?
Well I think it is amazing!
I remember seeing all the houseboats in the canals of Amsterdam, but never got a peek of the inside. Thanks, Cindy, for the inside look. I think I could live there. 🙂
I think we both could. Easily. <3
So beautiful, it would be lovely to spend some days in the houseboats, thanks for the photos:)
Thank you much more for the kind appreciation. <3
I think I’d be a little claustrophobic, but with climate change…maybe we’d all better get used to houseboats! It certainly could not be outfitted better.
A waterworld scenario eh? Of course we are still in drought in SoCal but are in the midst of three storms with lots of rain so maybe that will be next!
We can hope. 🙂 Getting quite a storm up here as well. Most importantly – snow in the Sierras!
Hooray! We’re going skiing in Mammoth for the first time in two years!!!
I’ve never seen such cozy and colorful accommodations aboard a houseboat before Cindy. How fabulous! But, you know which image I think is most awesome? The one which has a reflection of you in it! Nice to see you enjoying your time there! 🙂 ~Lynn
Oh you are so sweet Lynn! Thank you. I avoid photos of myself, but in the small quarters, if you wanted to see the fireplace, there were no other options. Be well my friend~ <3 <3
I’d quite like to holiday on a houseboat but I might wait until the kids are older and better swimmers.
Yes indeed. Jumping into canals for rescues would be a vacation spoiler! I hear it is a great way to travel so I hope you do it, later.
God, this makes me want to live on a houseboat. Cindy, your first photo was so beautiful, I thought it a painting at first.
Awwww, that is so lovely and motivating! Thank you~
I’m glad. Cindy, looking at the photos you take makes coming to your blog a real pleasure. :O)
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Looks very cozy. Interesting post Cindy, thank You. Me, I’ve just booked a few nights stay near Amsterdam, so am gonna see those!
Oh, Amsterdam is such a fun city to visit with so much to do and see. Enjoy! I know you will~
Thank You ☺
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I love houseboats, ever since I saw a movie with Gary Grant and Sophia Loren. I am not sure if I would like to sleep on one, but I would give it a try (I think).
Who was it who said, “I will try anything once?” Good for you and I hope you post on it if you do!
I’ve always liked Amsterdam, and much of the rest of Holland. Utrecht is well worth a visit, Rotterdam has those mad cube houses, and Antwerp has its charms. I have a friend who lives on a narrow boat, so I know how it works. 🙂
We were in Holland twice this year on two separate trips. I finally saw the cube houses and the Keukenhof tulip garden. It is always a treat when I see your name in the comments! I hope all is well with you and that you have the very best and happiest New Year! Cheers~
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Cindy Knoke brought us the delights of a doll’s house last week and this time a peak into life on a houseboat in Amsterdam – fancy life on the water? Do it in style…
It would be fun to rent one for a few weeks and toodle around Holland in it. Thank you for your thougthful generosity Sally! <3 <3
Fab photos again, Cindy. I’d never imagined the interiors of houseboats to be so plush!
Can you imagine how much fun it would be to furnish and decorate your own? I would love doing it & thank you Polly for your thoughtfulness!
What a fun stay for you- lovely pictures!
Awww, much appreciated!
Oh, I’d l;ove the textile on those armchairs – strikingly culturally exquisite
I noticed this too. Beautiful! <3
Lovely photos ,Cindy. 🙂
Thank you Ranu and hope your week is going well my friend~ <3
I could gladly and happily live in ‘this’ houseboat!
We are in accord on this! 🙂
That was a beautiful boat inside. Thanks for sharing Cindy. 🙂 — Suzanne
Thank you more for appreciating and Happy Wednesday Patricia~
Apart form the stove, it looks like they have a separate equipment to keep their teapot warm. These pictures are so much fun! Thank you Cindy.
Yes, they had a kitchen area, a fireplace with a teapot and a heating stove. It would be toasty, but not dry furnace heat, in the winter. It seemed to have sleeping accomodation for six people, and an extensive deck and sun roof with plants and tables.
Lovely. I wouldn’t mind trying out the houseboat lifestyle for a week or so.
If you do, please post about it, because I am interested too!
Great photos and it looks gorgeous. I wouldn’t mind trying it for a few days – like the idea of being rocked to sleep at night – but I fear it might become claustrophobic after a while.
Yes, I know what you mean. Fun for a vacation maybe, but not necesarily full time. I get claustrophic in motor homes after a while too, but never cabins.
Dream affair!!!
I love seeing the creative ways that people chose to live differently, not cookie cutter suburbia by a long shot!
Nice! Always the super photos Cindy. I missed it. Probably spent to much time in the Delft pottery shop. Thanks for another great visit.
Delft is pretty hard to tear yourself away from, especially the truly old pieces. Hope your week is going well my friend. <3
Great selfie. It would be fun to just move your home anytime you felt like but alas I get motion sickness so I don’t think it would be the life for me. 😀
I hear you about the motion. The selfie was inadvertant.. Someone keeps reposting a photo of me on FB which is highly annoying. I am not a card carrying member of the selfie or twitter movements. Laughing……
It can be a little scary once we post on line how little control we have of where it goes. I’ve noticed that people have found my site from Facebook and my first thought is “but I’m not on Facebook.” I understand the inadvertent selfie. I love taking pictures of puddles but often forget about my reflection.
It’s much larger than a Tiny House. What’s not to like? 🙂
My thoughts exactly!
It is lovely isn’t it. Our boat is only 41 feet long, and I don’t think as wide as this one, but it’s comfortable and home. We love the life.
I did posts on it here
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/up-close-and-personal/
and after our mini revamp here
https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/the-great-unveiling/
Oh how perfectly wonderful! I am now following you and am so impressed you are living the dream! Cheers to you and thank you stopping by! I look forward to learming more about your adventures~
Thank you for your follow Cindy. I am likewise. Looking forward to future conversations. 🙂
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Living on a house boat like that would be wonderful. Great photos, very interesting
It would be fun to go around Holland interviewing and taking photos of people and their houseboats~
I would love to stay in this boathouse forever! ✩◝(◍⌣̎◍)◜✩
I can picture a cat sleeping contentedly on the roof! ✩◝(◍⌣̎◍)◜✩
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Houseboats are so quaint and enchanting, although can be rather chilly and damp in the winter. One of my friends and I nearly bought one when we were in our 20s — albeit, not one as picturesque as those in your pictures — but we changed our minds when warned about the damp and the rats! Of course, I’m sure that Amsterdam is a much more attractive place to hang out in a houseboat than near the gasworks at Shoreham harbour!!!
How cool that you nearly did this! The rats and damp don’t sound too appealing at all. One would need cats to repel the rats. Maybe renting one and touring around Holland in the summer would be the ticket.
That sounds like a wonderful idea. I used to love the canal boat holidays I went on as a child on the Shropshire Union Canal in the UK.
Lovely and very charming – I love it!
So glad you do and Happy New Year to you! <3
This kind of houses is one of the Amsterdam landmarks. I did not know they have houseboat B&B. Next time I’ll try it.
Please post if you do stay in one. I would love to learn about the experience!
If it happens I promise you to share my experience, opinion, and feeling. 🙂
Thank you!
Cindy darling, you “caught” one of my curiosities. thanks =^_^=
Pleased as punch that I did! =^_^=
It’s so cute!!! Love the little stove with the tea pot!!
Can’t you just imagine sitting there reading!!
Yes. The entire ambience is adorable!
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Instead of an Air B and B… A Water B and B… Looks cool!
Yep! Works for me. So VERY happy to hear your son is getting the help he needs, finally! Hang in there my friend. <3
Yes! Thanks for your caring… I mean it!
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If I were to visit Amsterdam, this is the kind of accommodation I would seek. Fun & different!
I hope you do visit and post about your experience. I am curious about it too and think it would be an awesome way to travel.
Houseboats have always fascinated me. Who would think they could fit so much in that small space? I’d love to visit Amsterdam. I was there years ago but only for a day and I don’t remember much.
I am seeing another trip to Europe in your near future Carrie. It would be a great time for your family and planning is half the fun. I hope you go and post about it. I love traveling vicariously, when I am not traveling actually! 😉
Gorgeous! I want one!
Well, I hope you get one then! 😉
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Thank you for your kind thoughtfulness and cheers to you!
How wonderful!
I love people who have the courage to live differently! <3
There is something very intriguing about living aboard one of these vessels – it’s a simpler and I’ll bet fulfilling lifestyle. The quality of materials and how compact everything is perfect, love the idea!
Yes, I agree with you about the compelling nature of life on a houseboat. I bet the residents form their own unique community too.
How beautiful ! Thanks for sharing Cindy!
Thank you more for appreciating!
I’ve passed by those houseboats while in Amsterdam in ’86 and have always wondered what hey looked from the inside…so thanks for giving us a virtual tour of one and letting us know we can rent them!
I was tickled to be able to get into one too. It is part of the experience of travel to see how people live in different places. It expands your own palate of possibilities~
If I ever go back, I’ll definitely rent one of those to stay in!
So attractive. Would make a great vacation rental.
I think it would be an ideal vacation! Happiest New Year to you Carol. <3
I thought that top one was a painting! Beautiful 🙂 I have a friend that want to retire in Amsterdam and live on a houseboat, I hope she does so I can visit!
I hope she does too, so you post about it, and I can share the experience vicariously! <3
🙂 If so you are welcome to visit!
Interesting. I went on a houseboat in London once – the movement of the water made me feel a bit sea sick. Lovely photos
Oh, I am sorry. That doesn’t sound like a positive experience.
It was just odd, that was all. I do get a bit claustrophobic as well which didn’t help
Sounds difficult.
What an interesting look into this houseboat! So wonderful to see a different way of life Cindy! I love these photos, they are so vibrant and colorful! Makes me want to go over there and experience this! Hi in the mirror!:)
Well, I hope you do go and visit and post about it too. I would like to travel virtually with you! <3
So glad you posted this. Felt like I went right along!
It is such a better experience shared! Thanks for coming along~ <3
It does appeal to me. I used to watch MacGyver and for a good part of that show he lived on a houseboat. Also, way back in the late 50s/early 60s, there was Surfside 6, a detective show out of Miami, their offices on a houseboat at that location which I visited once and took a picture of it on our way to the airport. I did have my own sailboat for awhile, a 17-footer with a cabin and 2 berths but in Ottawa, Canada, there are few months of the year that you could live on a boat. I really enjoyed your pictures and it’s something I’d consider doing in Amsterdam. It would make a great base from which to explore the city and surrounding area. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, living on the water has a great deal of appeal, plus you have a moveable home base. Your sailboat sounds like a wonderful memory. We run into people traveling who are sailing the world forever. Love creative peopple who have the courage to live uniquely. I hope you do rent a houseboat or barge boat. You would have a wonderful adventure. Cheers to you and thanks for stopping by~
I could easily live on that boat. Thanks for the post. Be well.
Thanks for stopping by & pleased you like it too~
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I love this houseboat tour, Cindy! It does look cozy and beautiful!
Docked in a main canal, you would have all of Amsterdam in skipping distance! Cheers to you Amy & Happy New Year!
Happy 2016, Cindy!
The location/place in the pictures look like few scene from a movie (Fault in Our Stars). Definitely, I would like to stay over night in the boat.
It would be a super different experience wouldn’t it!
Looks like a cozy spot to live!
I agree and close to everything in Amsterdam.
I’ve always wanted to visit and those types of “river living settings” just aren’t found here in the states!
That is true, not on rivers that I know of at least~
Surprisingly roomy. Wonder if it’s dank?
No it seemed airy and lovely~
Looks cosy, if a bit claustrophobic. 🙂 How do they deal with water and sewage?
It is moored, so one is pumped in and the other out, much like a hooked-up motor home. The moving ones use tanks like moving a motor home.
Thanks for satisfying the inquiring mind!
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I’ve always wondered what a houseboat looked like on the inside! Thanks for sharing!
I am always curious about things like this too, so you are most welcome!
Thank you for sharing these houseboats Cindy, I haven’t seen them inside before 😀
It was a first for me too, and I was most curious, so you are more than welcome Irene~
What in the world have you Not experienced? How fun!
Japan is on the bucket list as well as Portugal this year! A customs agent once asked me, “Why are you visiting here?”
I said, “Because it’s beautiful.”
He replied, “There are lots of beautiful places in the world.”
I answered, “I know and I want to see them all!” 😉
Sweet!
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This was real neat to see, would I like to live there.
I think it would be wonderful, all of Amsterdam right beside you!
I better stay in the outskirst of Ámsterdam, if I go in I might get the urge to get myself a bit “puff puff the magic dragon” and eventually see other things that are not really there…..
Ah, well, there are always pros and cons. Is this a pro or con???? 😉 😉
Wow that is beautifully decorated!
Yes, it has warmth and charm.
Beautiful photos and houseboat. We have a lot on the river here. I was told once that the 67 non-commercial houseboats were purchased by couples to be permanent accommodation. Now they are all empty apart from 2 where the man alone lives. I wonder if the women had this decor if they would have stuck at it longer?
It maybe something some people do for a discrete period of time, and then move on. Although, I am sure, others, like the man you mention, live permanently. I like the choice and the variety.
You could be right. Perhaps in the past there was a rapid turnover of boats but council has removed the ability to sell the mooring with the boat and as they are scarce it makes it difficult to sell the houseboats anymore.
Yes. I have heard this. Your lot sounds important to keep!
It has charm, albeit its bedraggled, decayed and dilapidated. Especially the FLOORING (Ship planks)
Tiny rooms, but sufficient space to stow.
The Dutch are good
Yes, the Dutch and Netherlands are beautiful~
Beautiful, Cindy <3 It's something different. I like to try new things. I think I would like to stay there for a while 🙂
They have some very upscale houseboats you can stay in as a B&B. This is more of a historical example.
It looks really beautiful, Cindy. I think I would like to try this. 🙂
Of course you would! You are an adventurer and traveler~ <3
Wow! I would love to stay in one of those houseboats. 😊
This is why we get along so well Dor!
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A very nice tour.
Thank you!
Great post! Unique topic and very informative — and great photos, as always, Cindy.
Glad you enjoyed & cheers my friend!
It looks lovely & quaint, yet I know it’s not for me. Great shots, Cindy!
Your feet like the solid ground, I know Resa!
I could definitely see me living in a house boat. Small to me is beautiful. (Remember Matilda?) Did you stay in one Cindy?
I do remember Matilda and I miss her too. Yes, small is beautiful, and spending time on a boat, traveling around Europe would be wonderful. See comment below for great minds thinking alike. I did not stay in one. But now I did google barge rentals in France…….Laughing!
I think you can stay Airbnb https://www.airbnb.com.au/?af=43720035&c=A_TC%3Dfxc2xmc3kc%26G_MT%3Db%26G_CR%3D32239635191%26G_N%3Ds%26G_K%3D%2Bairbnb%26G_P%3D%26G_D%3Dc&gclid=CN6f6LCxm8oCFQwlvQodHq8E7Q&dclid=CIWQhbGxm8oCFVEsvQodIZIEVQ in Holland in a houseboat. Now that would be worth checking out…
It would be a great experience!
That’s so cozy! I am in love with the boat! 🙂
I am in love with people who love the less is more concept of das boat!
True! 🙂
Great shots! What a great idea to open such an attraction for tourists. It looks very comfortable and cozy.
It does doesn’t it as well as creative and different and we both like that. Loved the osprey shots today!
Oh my goodness what fun! I would definitely give it a try. I loved Amsterdam. It’s such a quaint city. I can’t wait to return one day.
I loved seeing you (or part of you) reflected in the mirror. What fun! Looks like you’re having a wonderful time.
Amsterdam, all of The Netherlands, is wonderful to visit. We went twice last year! We are home now, I do hope you return, and soon! There is always something new to see and experience~
Oh, I missed that this was from a prior trip. Your photos are like a mini-vacation through these amazing places.
I love following people’s lives and adventures online too. We can vicariously live multiple lives in different places through blogging!
LIving on a boat has many challenges ( this houseboat looks cozy and like a home), but the best parts would be sunsets and being able to move and wake up in a new place with new adventures just outside…without having to pack!
Interesting post
Moving, waking up in new places, not packing, traveling on the water around Europe. It sounds pretty incredible to me too!
It looks very cozy! So much color! Gorgeous.
You are a woman after my own heart! <3
this looks awesome
It does to me too! Thank you~
welcome!
The narrow boat that Peggy and I piloted for a week through the canals of northern England gave me a great taste for house boat life, although it wasn’t near as luxurious as the one you are showing here, Cindy. I toured one in Amsterdam that was open for public view as well. –Curt
How fun that you and Peggy did this. Did you post photos?
Yes, Cindy, and tried to persuade WP to give me the address. Anyway: “Life on the Trent and Mersey Canal… A Narrow Boat Tour in England” should get you there. –Curt
Will head over today! What a fun experience~
I love it, its so cute!
Some are quite upluxe. This one was more historical. I like it better.
The interior of the houseboat looks beautiful.
Happy New Year!
It has charm, warmth and personality which makes it a winner for me! Happy New Year to Clowie and her humans of course! <3
Ah yes … the beauty of simplicity.
Less, really being more……
Solely out of a spirit international cooperation, and to show how much I admire the Dutch character, I would be willing to live here if given the chance! 🙂 It’s gorgeous and well documented!
You are a noble man! I always knew this about you. 😉 😉
What a gorgeous home! I am enjoying your travels around the world, Cindy. Thank you for sharing them with all of us!
Thank you more for coming along with me!
How fun would it be to rent one and take a vacation cruising up and down the canals? No idea if that is an option, but it would be fun if it is.
It is! You can rent a barge, which is really a small yacht for varying prices, in different countries, most especially France~
I am just amazed how cosy and homely this is. Not at all like hired narrow boats which have the bare necessities.
Yes, plus this is not as luxe as many of the newly refurbished ones, but I like it much more. It has soul~
beautiful!
i often visited friends on their boats
when I lived in Amsterdam.
found them cozy
and chilly 🙂
Cozy, wonderful, chilly, not so much!
I’m amazed by how inviting and cozy the rooms are.
Yes, I loved this too!
Wow. Living the dream.
I love it when people follow their unconventional dreams while they still can!
Thank you for sharing! I don’t know if I would like to live on a house boat always…but for a vacation it would be a lot of fun!
Yes, we are in accordance! <3
Lovely post, Cindy. I’ve taken the houseboat tour in Amsterdam and spent a summer living in an apartment there. You make me want to go back again. 🙂
What a wonderful experience! <3
Every time I visit your blog, I feel like I have been on holiday <3
I am thrilled we get to travel together! <3
Yes Cindy 😀 Thanks so much!
It’s nice to see a glimpse of you, Cindy, behind the camera of course! I’ve always thought houseboats were the coolest, although I have only seen them in and around Seattle, not in Amsterdam. As a newish RV’er, I guess that makes sense. Great post, thank you!
I love houseboats too. I love being on the water and moving around and getting your own private place. I have only done it in the US in lakes though. I’d love to do it again.
So colorful and cozy. I’d love to spend a couple weeks there– are there Air BnB houseboats??
Thanks, Cindy, for taking us to Amsterdam– you’ve find the most fascinating side of it all. Love your blog.
Ask and you shall receive! Check out: https://www.airbnb.com/s/Amsterdam–Netherlands?type=boat. Now you have made me want to do this!!! 😉
What fun!! I’m on it. But I don’t know how soon I can coax my husband into a trans Atlantic trip! thanks Cindy– you are so kind! xo
I want your [travel] life – thanks for taking me with you in your pictures. I have been meaning to get over here to be SURE you knew that yours is one of those “followed” photo-blogger I was NOT speaking about in a recent Grump.
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Don’t worry I won’t look. I avoid rants. Wonderful to hear from you Madelyn. I was happy to see a post from you in my reader yesterday as I haven’t seen any for awhile. I think a lot of posts go missing in my reader as I have to go search for people when I realize I haven’t seen a post from them in ages which is concerning.
My Monday Grumpy “rants” are more like ADD/EFD awareness education (with an edge lol) – but I bail too when I run across mean posts.
It’s simply that the heading “Hatin’ on the SlideShows” was above the heading “NOT Hatin’ on the Photo Bloggers” and I would have been dismayed if you had read down to the first and bailed.
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I don’t bail unless the ship is actually sinking! 😉 No worries, your ship is floating along quite nicely! <3
Amazing how roomy it seems on the inside.
This were cargo hauling boats originally, so they are commodious on the inside, with nice flat deck/roof on the outside. Quite spacious~
Spectacular!!!!! 🙂
You can rent your own. Now, of course, I want to do this! 😉
Who wouldn’t? I’m in! 🙂
Wow what a great capture of the houseboat! That looks wonderful 🙂 All the best with your Amsterdam adventures my friend <3
Thank you and I so enjoy your blog! Be well~
A familiar sight caught beautifully Cindy. The interior of the houseboat., amazing!
So very pleased you enjoyed and be well my friend~ <3
What could I possibly add to the above comments, Cuz ??? Except that I’d love to have one of these to retire to in Florida during the winter months. 🙂
Now I want to make this happen for you if only I could! I can see your there with you kitty-kat cuz!
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Very scenic, lovely, and beautifully colorful. It is easy to love the moments you capture in time! Hugs!
Plus I love to see how differently people live all around this beautiful planet. Cheers to you Wendell~
I’d just LOVE to live on a houseboat..for a while!
You can even rent one for a vacation. That would be alot of fun in the Netherlands~
I don’t like this post, I LOVE it! Amsterdam is perhaps my favorite city and I was so curious about the interiors when we explored the canals. We lived on our boat for eleven years. It was 44 feet long and 14 feet wide (as the widest point), but not nearly as spacious as that one. Yes, I could definitely live aboard one of those!
However, a motorhome turns out to be a lot less work and money. And we see more of the country.
How wonderful that you lived afloat for 11 years and now you are afield in your motor home. It sounds like an idyllic life! Good for you! Grab life with both hands and shake it!!
I loved those doll houses, but unfortunately, did not take as many pictures as you. Nice work!
I am just happy you saw them. Remarkable aren’t they!
I’m lovin’ that houseboat!
You can rent one for a vacation which would be different and fun~
O my gosh. The photos are so beautiful and inviting. What a wonderful way to live.
It is different, creative and seems wonderful doesn’t it! So pleased you agree~
It looks very cozy! Although it must be quite damp, living so near the water in the winter…
Damp and a bit chilly I imagine, although they have very effective heating. Although, it was late November when we were there and it was quite comfortable.
Sounds wonderful. What a cool idea for a visit.
I think it would be a creative way to travel~
Really does look comfy & cozy.
A movelable abode!
I have just gone totally green with envy 🙁
Hmmmmm, I think I see a European houseboat adventure in your future??????
Sounds like a dream come true, Cindy 🙂
Thank you Cindy. 🙂
They remind me of the ones one the Seine in Paris…once again, outstanding photographic work!
Yes, the similarity is clearly there & thank you for your thoughtfulness.
You are welcome, Cindy, it is always a pleasure to read your posts!
Granddaughter and husband, Majors, USAF, plus 4 kiddos ages 5-9 just returned from living in the Netherlands for the past 3 years. I’d love to go back and do the boat B&B thing. We had a B & B 88-2000 on the MD Eastern Shore. You meet some great people & have some who remain friends for a lifetime. Great blog, stumbled on to you via a New Zealand blog.
We loved looking at the houseboats on our trips to Amsterdam. They are substantial and cozy. Thanks for giving us an inside look!