Here is Central Station from the front, much more attractive than the back entrance. From Sixhaven Marina, we can be here in about 15 minutes – so handy …
We both
enjoyed wandering around the Amsterdam canals …
There are
so many bikes in this city – they are literally everywhere – though I don’t
think I saw a single person wearing a bike helmet, and not many motorcyclists
wearing them either.
Here is
the multi-storey bike park at the station …
… and here’s
someone who seems to be moving house or going to the tip by bike …
Some
people had a more novel way of getting around!
We
wandered past many interesting old buildings, boats and houseboats …
In the
centre of this picture is the narrowest house in Amsterdam, built to try to avoid
paying the high canal frontage tax …
These are
called the ‘dancing houses’ because they are all higgledy-piggledy due to being
built on mud foundations …
Everywhere
you go in Amsterdam, if you breathe in, you can enjoy second-hand the effect of
all the cannabis being smoked around you!
There are also quite a few shops that sell seeds for you to grow your
own …
I spent a
couple more days in Amsterdam, enjoying some sightseeing and culture, while Charles
went back to UK for work. I took a canal
boat trip – even though you might think I’d had quite a lot of boating on
canals already!
It was a
different way to see the city – here we are looking through 7 bridges …
At every corner, there are
old manual lock gates …
... and lifting bridges.
I went to Dam Square …
… and to the newly renovated and recently re-opened Rijksmuseum,
which is beautiful, and contains many famous works of art …
… and I also
very much enjoyed the Van Gogh At Work exhibition.
I visited
one of the old Canal houses …
and the
Maritime Museum.
In the
evenings, I went to a performance of La Traviata at the Muziektheater and a
Beethoven and Nielsen concert at the Concertgebouw – both excellent.
Back
‘home’ at night to the boat tucked up in the corner of the marina.
No wonder you're enjoying wandering through the city so much... with all that pot to keep you high!
ReplyDeleteLooks great though Di, I'm now very jealous... of the cultural aspects of course, not the weed... and the weather, it seems to have been good for you the majority of the time, long may it continue. More great photos as well, really liked the contrast of transport systems you shot, the canal-front houses look very interesting as well.