The tour started at Central Station. I forgot to take a photo of the station as I was distracted by the amount of bikes across from us. 
Our tour guide - can't remember her name but she was extremely bubbly and full of eneregy for the whole 3 hour tour! Kum and I thought she could have been on something... after all, we were in Amsterdam :P
The canals that lined the beautiful city.
Hooks that hung on all the houses.They were used like cranes to lift furniture to the upper levels as the houses are too narrow to carry furniture up the stairs.
Kum demonstrating that if you decided to pee on the side streets...
... you would have it sprayed back at you thanks to this device!
Along the walls near the Historical Museum are 47 plaques have been preserved into a brickwall. These plaques were what people in the medival times used to identify which house you lived in by either your name or profession. It didn't matter if you couldn't read, the plaques were designed using symbols and pictures. It wasn't until Napolean came that Amsterdam used numbers for identifying the houses.
Begijnhof is a amzingly beautiful enclosed courtyard dating back to the 14th century. Originally built as a sanctury for a Catholic sisterhood acting like nuns, these houses are still occupied by single women. I would love to live in a place like this... except not as a single woman! :P
It is also the place where you can find... Along the walls near the Historical Museum are 47 plaques have been preserved into a brickwall. These plaques were what people in the medival times used to identify which house you lived in by either your name or profession. It didn't matter if you couldn't read, the plaques were designed using symbols and pictures. It wasn't until Napolean came that Amsterdam used numbers for identifying the houses.Begijnhof is a amzingly beautiful enclosed courtyard dating back to the 14th century. Originally built as a sanctury for a Catholic sisterhood acting like nuns, these houses are still occupied by single women. I would love to live in a place like this... except not as a single woman! :P
... Het Houton Huis - the oldest house in Amsterdam. Standing since 1420, it is one of two wooden-front houses.
We passed by a bookshop that a whole window display of things to do with cupcakes! :D I was so excited! Did I tell you I love Amsterdam? :D
At Singel number 7, you'll find the narrowest house in Amsterdam.
It is one meter wide. 
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