This is a fascinating old city of old leaning brick and stone buildings along many canals. It is full of young people and lots of tourists. We happened to hit a holiday weekend unbeknownst to us: WW II Day of Remembrance yesterday and Victory Day today (liberation day over the Nazis). Tons of people everywhere! So many bikes it is hard to describe. They are the preferred mode of transportation. You really have to watch out for them! (We think we have bikes in Minneapolis... We are small potatoes compared to this!)
I snapped some photos around the city.
We went to the Hortus Botanical Garden yesterday...
And the Rijks Museum today - the tulips in the adjacent garden were almost gone but still pretty.
Saw many Rembrandts and a few Van Goghs and Vermeers today in the newly renovated museum.
Saw the church where the English Separatists worshipped for a time before they eventually set sail for the new world. Really cool to see this very old building and to read of its Catholic history prior to the Orange time when Catholicism was banned and properties confiscated.
Much more to tell but we have to go get dinner now at one of the MANY restaurants in the area.
