Those good old days seem like so long ago — a throwback to an Amsterdam canal tour, pearl hoops and a leopard coat, the city's narrow houses lined up along the water.

Close-up profile portrait on a canal boat in Amsterdam, wearing pearl hoop earrings and a leopard-print coat, with canal houses lining the water behind

A canal boat is one of the better ways to see a city — no traffic, no map, just the houses drifting past one at a time. Worth revisiting, even if only in a photo.

Follow along for the day-to-day on Instagram @roopsi_bansal.