Today is the last full day of our trip, and we had excellent weather for it.
After Dutch Apple and Ginger pancakes with stroop for breakfast, we headed to the Van Gogh Museum. The museum was huge and it had far more paintings than I was expecting. The museum included information about Van Gogh’s life and that of his family, as well as talking about other artists and paintings that had influenced him. The paintings were ordered from his earliest to latest, so you could easily see his progression. Well worth seeing.
Albert Cuypmarkt – A daily street market we walked down. Lots of underpants.
A sidewalk flower market.
This is a statue of Rembrandt in the aptly named Rembrandt Square. The sign in front of the statue was unreadable, but we think this statue of Rembrandt is surrounded by people in his paintings.
A nice art deco building that is now used as a movie theater.
C wanted to make sure to see the Friday book market. We found an English language book stall and got a few books. J and the kids were excited to find the sequel to “Three Men in a Boat” by Jerome K Jerome. C also got a copy of “Sense and Sensibility,” so we are carrying two English books back to England. B is trying out a James Thurber, so we do have one American represented.
Yet another canal view.
Another canal view with a ton of bikes. I still can’t believe how many bikes there are over here.
This afternoon we did a boat ride that took us through several canals and out to a bit of the harbor.
Canal from the boat.
Nice building with boats. A lot of the “houseboats” here seem to really be boats rather than the kind one sees on Lake Union.
This is a famous canal with seven bridges that are all the same. The sun wasn’t cooperating, so all seven can’t really be seen.
I am so glad that I don’t have to parallel park here. You really pay the price here if you misjudge exactly where you are. Most streets have no curbs along the canal.
More canal.
This canal is Singel and is supposed to be the fanciest of the Amsterdam canals.
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