My boyfriend met me in Amsterdam for the weekend (him traveling from the states) and I traveling from Spain. We wanted the perfect get away and that's exactly what we got. We stayed in the city the first night at a hotel and the second two nights we stayed at Frans beautiful ( not exaggerating) house boat. Before arrival Frans gave me perfect instructions on what line to take to his house. When we arrived to the tram station of Eucplein, his daughter, son-n-law and ADORABLE grandson were there to escort us to the boat in their car. The house boat was everything we ever imagined. They immediately showed us how everything works (keys and what not). The houseboat was perfectly crisp clean, accommodated with two apples, bananas, cereal bars, jam (delicious) jam, drinks in the fridge (soda, wine, and beer which my boyfriend and I managed to finish on the first night) an entire set up of coffee ( amazing European coffee) and the best part, little coffee cookies and DUTCH chocolate....Alls I can say is wow. His kitchen came fully equipped. That night my boyfriend and I rode the two wonderful inclusive bikes down to the supermarket which is a 5-10 minute bike ride to grab some dinner food, came back and cooked an amazing dinner right on the canal. Not only all of this, the house is positioned right to have the most amazing view of the sunset every night. The bed was amazing (too amazing that we couldn't get out of it until 3PM one day), bathroom had an amazing shower, and there was plenty of storage for your clothing. Frans had every brochure and information sheet about the city that you could ever imagine. Everything was absolutely perfect. The last day, his son n law kindly drove us back to the station, and as a cute free gift we were given a traditional Dutch clog keychain. This stay and accommodations were beyond our hopes for the houseboat. Highly recommend this house boat for a romantic getaway from
The city which happens to be a 20 minute tram ride (perfect) couldn't complain at all. Nice work Frans.