A converted barge, house boat, canal home, whatever you want to call it - it's on just about everybody's wish list. Derk's is a great one. The neighborhood is perfect. For one thing, it's a straight shot tram ride from the train station to his corner. For another, it's within walking distance of so much of what you want to see - and if you aren't big on lots of walking, do what we did - take the tram out and walk back (trams are EASY). The houseboat itself fit all our needs - we had breakfast and suppers in, and lunch out. That saved us a lot of money plus we got to shop at the nearby market. The place is clean and neat and Derk is a great host. He even called the taxi for us on our last morning because I was worried that I couldn't pronounce the names of the streets correctly (it was 6:30 on a Sunday morning and the trams weren't running yet on our street - other days were fine, just not Sunday). But remember, it's a boat. We invented a new Dutch word "Conkin noggin".