Bon soir!
Despite the desire to be in Amsterdam for the World Cup, we skipped town. We are now in Brussels trying to type on a french keyboard. (not so easy)
Amsterdam was great. Luckily our friends Becca and Jeff told us to get an "i amsterdam" card, which allowed us to see all kinds of places; including a tour book, so we knew where exactly to go. We visited the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh museum, some canal houses and a canal tour, just to name a few. My highlight was visiting the Rembrandt house, where I saw his house but also his painting studio and print studio. They had an artist run a print demonstration, I got chatting to him afterward and he gave me a copied print of a Rembrandt print. Very cool! There are many more highlights to relate, such as the Anne Frank House- a very moving exhibit involving a recreation of the Secret Annex, in the actual canal house, followed by documents, letters and interviews. Thanks to Lauren, Nancy read the Diary of Anne Frank just before we left.
So we decided to take a train to Brussels, a step closer to Paris. Plans are to stay here for a couple days, making day trips to Brugge and Ghent.
I will add some photos after this message, they are mostly of Amsterdam.
We are doing really well, and are very pleased with our hotel in Brussels. Nancy picked one out off the net, very quickly: hotel pantone( great pick) a funky colour set up; very new and spacious!
Cheers JR and Nancy
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