Monday, October 31, 2011

Amsterdam's many faces ... Part 1

Well, we made it to Amsterdam it seems just in time to avoid the snowstorm that hit us on the East coast!  Halloween with snow ... just seems wrong!

Anyway, here we are and as I have mentioned, my internet access is very limited.  The hotels over here charge $25 euro a day!  Think how many bottles of wine I could buy instead.  So, my visits to you will be very limited this week but promise to catch up on my return.  In the meantime, I'd love to show you the Amsterdam I've come to know.  It's a beautiful city, youthful, vibrant and unpretentious ... which suits me just fine.


Here's a view from our room .. nothing exciting but I do love watching the action below.



Of course, you knew there would be bikes.  Right?  Everywhere there are bikes ...


and bridges ...


and canals ...


and bikers ...


and more bikers with children ...






and rowers ...




and night life ...



 that seems to go on all night.




Of course, no post by me would be complete without some sort of critter in it.  This kitty simply ignored us as it waited for its human to let him in. 


And this fellow seemed to be quite content in his window of bowties.



I'll wrap up this post with this little guy as he waited in his basket while his human was shopping in a small grocery store near our hotel.  Again, he had no time for me. 

Thanks for dropping in and taking a peak at Amsterdam.  It is really a cool city.
Stay tuned for more!

Later friends,