Amsterdam [day 4]

October 18

[jim] we have done a terrible job keeping hydrated. my water bottle was either left somewhere or stolen while I was walking. the tap water is better than DC, but we still aren't hydrating well.

9:3am breakfast with super cold apple juice. drank 7 cups. coffee, cereal

raining today. first time using raincoats. walked a bit, got drenched and ducked in to a cafe to warm up. J espresso D coco. Cafe Zwart. still working on plan for day 5. wrote in journals.

on to Van Gogh museum.
Liked/lookup:
October, Charles Daubigny
View of the Mediterranean at Maguelonne, Gustave Courbet
Woodcutters, Anton Mauve

then of van gogh...
always loved Potato Eaters
View of Paris has a foreshadowing heavy cloud.......
self-portrait as artist. check out the way he holds his paint/brushes
and my favorite, The Bedroom '88
Branches of an Olive Tree in Blossom (photorealistic)
and of course, Wheatfield with Crows '90
and Wheatfield under thunderclouds. this is a great one to see live... the heavy cloud top left is fun to look at.

my other favorite, which I used to have on my nameplate at work, is A Realist, Thomas Couture

out and back, raining, tram..... good facing seats
meal at De Waag (the weigh house) pastrami sandwiches and BACON SALAD

6pm at room. D showers and naps. I play with video cam. video of Oude Kerk and Rover, cut up guide pamphlets for scrap book, read guide book working on ideas for next few days.

8pm out. walk about, near Jordaan, cafe Il Panorama. big beers and antipasti salad. small hail storm, walk, in circle, get tram to centraal, thru wallen, near room, cafe elvis. big heineken D heuswein, Dylan live 66 on shuffle. people singing intermittently. a room full of Dylan fans in a little bar in Amsterdam. good stuff.
Fourth Time Around, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row
curtains close about 1am, we leave around 1:40am, use side door.