We feel nearly human again.
Off to explore Amsterdam.
~10:00 am we are at the Satellite Sports Bar and Pancake corner at the Leidseplein.
Interesting, had grilled sandwiches and “A” pancake with apples and cheese (Huge and yummy).
Walked about 2 blocks to the BlueBoat Company for a boat tour of the canals (about 75 minutes). What a fun time and very informative. Got to see all kinds of places.
We decided to visit the Anne Frank house. Please take note, it is NOT located on Anne Frankstraat (Anne Frank Street), but is actually located across town on Prinzengracht Straat?? Huh? Who da thought.
We walked past the Westerkierche (sp??) one of the oldest/largest protestant churches in the city. Considered taking a tour of the bell tower, but apparently it has a limit to the number of tourists that can go through it, and it was full for the day.
Had lunch at corner pub, (HUGE meatball with peanut sauce cut in half on a bun – knife and fork necessary, even though they called it a sandwich). Wow, Yum.
More adventures on the trams, Took the #12 across town (after a few missteps trying to locate the correct stop) back to the Museumplein stop.
Walked across the Museumplein “Museum square” to the Rijksmuseum, but we were approaching closing time, so we decided to wait until tomorrow, and instead walked back ~1 block to the Van Gogh Museum (open until 10:00pm)
Fascinating, Great, Wonderful, Exciting, New (well old stuff). Most fun was the happy hour in the lobby, complete with a DJ spinning Euro Techno.
Back to Leidseplein for dinner (Gauchos Argentinian Steakhouse). Food was good, a mix-up in the kitchen led to a long wait, but the manager comp’ed our wine. (We weren’t too upset, and sitting down felt really good, so we weren’t throwing a fit anyway).
Back “home” to bed.