![Amsterdam Canals](http://www.torontomike.com/images/blog/pictures.gif)
Amsterdam has been called the "Venice of the North" for its more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. I didn't have to count them to come up with those figures because I copied that line from Wikipedia. That's also where I copied this great shot of Amsterdam and her many wonderful canals.
You eventually get used to the bikes, but I don't think I'll ever get used to the canals. They're so different and beautiful.
Update: It was a great, sunny day today (Aug 10) so I took new canal pictures.
![2012-08-10 13.11.39](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7129/7754081268_7356e6bbb6.jpg)
![2012-08-10 13.43.38](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8302/7754010286_61e0231d11.jpg)
![2012-08-10 14.14.46](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7754153320_a8d47ba4e4.jpg)
![2012-08-10 15.09.45](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8300/7754138258_c9f7d3c6b9.jpg)
![2012-08-10 15.53.38](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8436/7754251228_b59bb4d884.jpg)
![2012-08-10 16.18.45](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8294/7754247780_c1b98b5fe0.jpg)
![canal](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7119/7742077198_1a5cc5b8b7.jpg)
![2012-08-10 17.03.20](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8301/7754242190_52b844acb0.jpg)
![2012-08-07 14.51.00](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7258/7733163990_5af4e96110.jpg)
![2012-08-07 14.50.38](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8425/7733161528_03b1b6babc.jpg)
![2012-08-07 13.37.15](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7733092204_980184ea17.jpg)