Amsterdam's Historic City Tour - Wednesday, September 5, 2012

 Today we went on a sightseeing tour of the historic city center and included the Royal Palace and the Hortus Botanicus. The Hortus Botanicus is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world.  Originally founded in 1638 as a medicinal herb garden, today it boasts more than 4,000 plant species in gardens and greenhouses protected from the bustle of the city behind the 300-year-old gates. They also were taken to view one of Amsterdam's famous diamond-cutting artisan workshops.