July 16, 2014
Today Joe
departed via Schiphol Airport for a week and half long work trip back to
Seattle. Jackie took full advantage of the sunny day in Amsterdam exploring
Jordaan and Oude West.
Arched windows
& shutters
Westerkerk on
Prinsengracht
Houseboats
covered in flowers
Not even open
until 10am and already the line into Anne Frank’s House wrapped around Westerker
at least 200 people deep.
I love the
curved red shuttered homes
Dutch life: bicycles,
canals & houseboats
Huis van Bartolotti
(Bartolotti House) where the façade curves with the canal
Hotel building
curving along Raadhuisstraat
Magna Plaza
shopping center
Nieuwezijds
Voorburgwal
De Niewe Kerk
De Niewe Kerk is
used by the Dutch royal family for coronations and weddings. The space is now
used as an exhibition space, but I was able to see a bit from the museum store
and observation deck without paying the entry fee.
Golden choir
gate in De Niewe Kerk
Wooden pulpit in
De Niewe Kerk
Royal Palace of
Amsterdam
Dam Square
Grimburgwal
& Oudezijds Voorburgwal
Café de Jaren
has great patio seating along the canals. Jackie enjoyed a kip (chicken)
ciabetta sandwich with a knife and fork, the way the Dutch eat sandwiches.
Canal house
views near the café
Amstel River &
Rokin canals
Rokin canal
& buildings that are part of the Universitiet van Amsterdam (University of
Amsterdam)
Munttoren (mint
tower) on busy Muntplein square where the Amstel River and Singel canal meet
near the flower market on the eastern end of Kalverstraat shopping street.
Cool corner
building
Amsterdam canal
houses
Yellow bicycle
on flower basket canal bridge railings
