Amsterdam [day 3]

October 17

[jim] Sunday, nice breakfast, yogurt with cereal. hard boiled eggs. the dutch tipico. saturday room was too expensive so decided to move toward the Centraal for something closer in and cheaper. bags are heavy and spent over an hour before decided D should park at a cafe with the bags and J goes searching. found Hotel France, front room with canal view (albeit downstream from wallen) and view of the Oude Kerk (Old Church)... espresso at the cafe and then move to room. unload. tour office. bought "The Amsterdam Pass" (48hour) which got us on the tram and into the museums and on a canal ride. headed out for a long walk. it's all just like they say... a utopia of sorts with beautiful people bicycling along canal roads and fatastic architecture. went to the Rijksmuseum. huge, incredibly detailed line drawing of a naval battle, huge mural "Treaty of...", special exhibit on dollhouses, silverware.
Liked/lookup:
The Cattle Ferry, Esais van de Velde
Winter landscape with ice skaters, Hendrick Avercamp
Riverview by moonlight, Aert van der Neer

on way back experienced an anarchist flash mob. pretty scary. leader banging on door and large crowd of younger folks convening.

walked thru carnival. ferris wheel, carnival games, haunted house ride etc.

the city garbage trucks here pull up and use a vacuum to empty the trash cans.

mediocre dinner near hotel

9pm canal cruise. brought our own beers. fantastic place here.

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