Weekend in Amsterdam
Bikes and canals are everywhere in Amsterdam, so we walked along numerous canals and avoided getting run over by many bikes. I think it’s great that bicycles are a common form of transportation for all sorts of people. The architecture is fascinating to see, especially along the canals where the houses were built very skinny since taxes were paid by the canal-front property used. So you have very thin and long houses, and not always standing straight either. In addition to walking around quite a bit, we have seen the Van Gogh museum (you can see the brush strokes in his paintings), the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the red-light district on a crowded Saturday night, and I saw the Heineken Brewery museum where you get 3 beers and a bottle opener with the entry fee.
The Adventures of Lorie and Brian Groth 