Arrival was very easy and Hadewych arranged for us to leave our bags until the boat was clean.

The houseboat is just as advertised. It is quite spacious but with only one room for adults. This suited us fine as we had our children with us and they snuggled in their bunk beds and they could look out the window as the boats went by!

I was wondering about the water pressure but the shower was actually very nice!

Sitting out on deck was fabulous, as one could see all the boats going by as well as all the hustle and bustle.

The neighborhood is perfect, many restaurants, a grocery store 100m away, close to many attractions yet it settles down around 9-10pm in time for a good night's sleep.

My kids loved it, said it was their favorite place on vacation. We only have so many opportunities in life to do something different. We got to experience living on a houseboat in Amsterdam, how cool is that?