Well first of all, I'm 15, so this wasnt MY trip. I didn't plan it. My mom planned the whole thing and she took suggestions from me and my brother about where to go (my suggestion was Bastogne, which was awesome). It was my second European trip (my first one being London, Paris, Normandy... really chilling experience to stand atop Point-du-Hoc and Utah Beach) so it was sort of like another introduction for me especially to Flanders and Holland. Originally, we were gonna go through Bavaria and Munich (World Cup!), but the 100th birthday thing turned up, so all of the Holland and Belgium part of the trip was centered around this family that my dad lived with in Zwijnarden. Amsterdam has the Rijksmuseum, the van Gogh Museum, etc. and it is a great tourist destination for first-timers to Holland. My mom had never been there, so she wanted to go. I believe the Amsterdam naval museum you are referring to is the Scheepvaartmuseum. We were gonna make a stop there, but we slept in too late that day and didn't have time
. We DID make a day trip to the fishing village Volendam though. Next time I'm in Holland, I'll be sure to go the "Hell's Highway" route: Eindhoven, Nijmegen, Arnhem. Is there much to see in the way of Market-Garden "remains" along that route? Foxholes, museums, etc?