The Adventures of Lorie and Brian Groth

Most bikes have headlights in Amsterdam, I’m not sure how many of them work. The new ones look like they do, but the normal ones are usually not pointing forward or just plain broken.

I have not taken any shots of kids in bikes, or standing on the rear bike rack. Yes, kids will stand on the rack with their hands on their parent’s shoulders. Notice some kids only get a seat that’s mounted in front of the handle bars, but others get a nice recliner. Many of the cargo bikes are used for carting kids around too.

These are some of my favorite styles of bicycles that we see in Amsterdam, probably because they’re so utilitarian and unlike anything I’m used to seeing in the US.

When walking around, we see interesting birds, even in the Albert Cuyp market. Plus weird donuts and even the Heineken horses delivering beer (I assume).

Friday night, Lorie and I attended the Bols Cocktail Workshop in Amsterdam at the House of Bols. They make a variety of Bols liqueurs. If you’ve ever had a Blue Hawaiian drink (or any blue cocktail), then you’ve most likely had their blue curacao. They also make Bols Genever, which is older than gin. The English tasted Genever and decided to try to make it themselves and what they created they called gin. I have to admit that I prefer gin over genever, but the history dating back to 1575 for making and distributing genever is pretty interesting.

The cocktail course was focused on tiki drinks, which aren’t our favorite, but it was fun learning to make three new cocktails and getting to taste whatever we wanted behind the bar.

Sometimes while walking around you see some beautiful spots in Amsterdam. 

And then there are some boats I’m just not sure about.

Tourists get to experience boating on the canals too. Some are big and some are small and my tip is to take a small one if you can, because they can go down a few canals that the big ones can’t.