More Boats, Canals, and Bicycles - Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Almost all views of Amsterdam include boats, canals, and bicycles. The building on the right side of this image is a huge four or five-story parking garage for bicycles. The boats are tour boats. The entire scene is so complicated as to be almost abstract. It would be nice to have bright sunny days like you see in travel brochures but the reality of life along the ocean is that there are a lot more days of clouds than there are of sunshine. Amsterdam averages about 10 days a month of rain in August when this photo was taken.