Hello my friends...today I am bringing you old news....about a trip I took to Amsterdam in November...
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| ...you know me by now...we always let the train take the strain..... |
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| ...the typist and I had a little bit of business to do in the week....Buy! Sell!... |
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| ...which means business hotels and routine..... |
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| .....but at the weekend we met mum in old Amsterdam...we stayed at a nice little hotel right in the heart of the canal district.... |
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| ....in the morning we walked all the way across town to the Van Gogh Museum....it was very sunny but also very chilly.... |
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| .....we were not allowed to take photos in the Museum itself but they did have some replicas of well known painting in the gift shop.... |
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| .....we enjoyed a walk round town....the canals are very pretty.... |
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| ...oh...and there was the odd expensive bike shop to keep the typist happy....*YAWN*.... |
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| ....a very good job that the hotel had a roaring fire in the lobby...cold paws all round..... |
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| ....and of course Amsterdam is famous for its bikes.... |
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| ....on Saturday we took a walk to the Rijksmuseum....Amsterdam's most famous tourist attraction.... |
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| ....they even had stuff for the typist to do.... |
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| .....lots of paintings of the Dutch landscape.... |
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| ....lots of paintings of Dutch people.... |
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| ...old and new..... |
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| ....that's better.... |
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| ...there are bridges everywhere due to the number of canals..... |
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| ....and a museum on every corner.... |
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| ....we ven went to Rembrandt's house....but he wasn't in..... |
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| ...the best way to end the day...a nice warm cafe with some carrot cake...the Dutch certainly understand cakes... |
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| ....on Sunday I made sure I looked my best before going out..... |
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| ....the Amsterdam Museum this morning...these are the Burghers....*nom nom*... |
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| ....even a history of the airport.... |
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| ...all rounded off with a stop at the world famous hole-in-the-wall chip shop..... |
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| ...but all good things come to an end....at the Central Station...my home away from home.... |
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| ....at least we had a little bit of glamour and sparkle courtesy of Eurostar....... |
