Full 2nd day for us diehards....we headed out at a decent hour this morning and walked to the Hortis Botanicas, a botanical garden on central Amsterdam. It housed some really old (like 300 hundred years + old!)...Then off to find a canal boat to take us to our next destination, on our way we thought we went the wrong direction but happened to stumble upon the flea market we had been wanting to see. Score!!! Some cool stuff to be seen there. Then we did get the canal boat and enjoyed a nice float on to the Van Gough museum. This was a very wonderful museum with over 200 pieces of his original collection along with hundreds of sketches and letters.
I really enjoyed seeing Van Gough; I had visited a museum in Paris when I was there in 1998, along with a village he had lived in and his grave. So seeing his work again and a photo of his grave, I remembered I had been there and even have a photo of it. Really cool. Plus I remember studying his work when I was in HS.
After all the museum walking....we then headed off to see a few more parts of town and followed by dinner...a wonderful day and a great way to end a very busy week(s).....
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| Jane, Mom and I on our walk to the Botanical Garden. Beautiful brisk morning! |
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| Interesting cactus...... |
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| Mom and I in front of the 300 year old "Oldest potted plant in the world". Its a male and his "girlfriend" is only 200 years old right around the corner....cradle robber..... :-) |
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| We happended to get the honor of watching a crew dredge a part of the canal....they say the canals are 9M deep, 3M water, 3M sludge and 3M bicycles.....I guess they were right!!! Oh and there are about 67 miles of canals in Amsterdam so you can imagine how many bikes that would add up to! |
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| Some super cool buildings we walked passed. This seemed to be a high rent district because the buildings were beautiful, the cars were nice and the streets were clean! The houses in town are only about 20 feet wide and around 5 stories tall. They are all touching and now mostly house many apartments in each one. |
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| At the garden there was a butterfly house, several beautiful butterflies! |
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| Taking a little break while enjoying the view in the garden. |
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| Mom and I enjoying some traditional Dutch dessert....Olibollen!!! |
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| One of the many canals in town. |
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| At city center, in front of some monument.....my brain is overloaded with info so I have no idea what its for or what it means.... |
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| Now there is a happy camper!!! Beer in one hand and whiskey in the other....people watching! |
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| Seriously a beautiful city! |
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| Where we had dinner. This used to be over a canal that entered into town and was where you had to pass to pay duties. GREAT food! |
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| The hustle and bustle of the town square. |
Well there you have it, our time here in Amsterdam. Great time and I am so glad we came. Now to pack and prep for out long day tomorrow going home to our loved ones! Cant wait to see them all!!!
1 comment:
Bwahhhahhhaaaaaa, oh man at first I couldn't understand the point of taking a picture of such an ugly cactus... then I got it! Funny, or maybe it's just my dirty mind and you weren't thinking it looks like what I'm thinking... but knowing you I doubt it. ;) So funny to see the picture of your dad drinking the whiskey and beer, I was just giving Ryder a hard time about how weird it was to drink those two at the same time last night! He said it was a good combo, but I just figured he was in a rush to get a buzz, haha! Great pics, beautiful place.
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