Today we found a nice little hole-in-the-wall breakfast place called Chez Lorraine – where we had a great breakfast served by Lorraine herself.
Then we walked over to The Amsterdam Museum, which traces the history of the city – seemed like a good place to start to get a historical overview before heading out to the more specific museums. (Although, as noted before, we did hit the Rijksmuseum first on Sunday, as it was well organized for getting the museum passes sorted and it is pretty close to the apartment.)
The museum was interesting and informative – more multimedia exhibits and story telling with actual artifacts, paintings and odds and ends sprinkled throughout. Photos from our wandering through the city are below!
Canal boat on the Singelgracht, near our apartment.Canal views – today was rainy off and on with some occasional sunny moments.Cafe Lorraine, a tiny little breakfast spot.Inside Cafe Lorraine looking out. (I cheated and inverted the image so you could read the sign)Looking down one of the narrow streets near our breakfast spot.Another view – I thought Black and White worked better for this shot.Another tranquil canal photoOne of the sunny spots during the day, Canal boat with church tower in the distance.Another view along the canalBlack and White version – can’t decide.Sun through the mist on a canal street corner.Colorful Bicycles on the bridge.Wire sculpture placed to make shadow lines on the wall – this is a detail of a large piece – I think Linda will have a wider shot to put up.Vintage Canal boat turning about in the canal.One of the hundreds of commercial canal tour boats.Another shot of a canal boat heading into a brief spot of sun.On the way back to the apartment – it began to rain in earnest.
