Day 8: Full on Amsterdam tourist!🇳🇱🧡🇳🇱🧡🇳🇱🧡❌❌❌

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Mom and I finally had our first day to sleep in. We’ve been on the road at 7 am every morning since we arrived. Today was different. We had a slow start and it was perfect. So was the mimosa and limoncello spritzer.
We both were in the mood for a steak salad and found it! Again, another perfect dressing.
It was perfect out. 73° out. Slightly breezy.
We thought from pictures that the canals and buildings were a small neighborhood. But its the whole city.
This pupper needed out attention and we bowed down and gave it.
The building where Anne Frank was hiding for two years.
We got a 30 minute introductory tour and it was very somber.
Kids would get these cones on their first day of school. The example at the bottom is like the one Anne’s sister had. And then we see the propaganda from the Nazis carried by the little boy in the picture.
They had many editions of the same book. A list of Jewish people killed or moved from The Netherlands in 1945. It contains 120,000 names
So many people.
Their family.
Carefree before the horrors.
When she was so little. From this point on, we were not allowed to take pictures. It was a very emotional museum.
We left and I found not an iced coffee but a frozen blended version and that was very fine with me.
We walked more and tried to cheer ourselves up by looking at this beautiful city.
Taking all the sites in.
And we ended up on a canal boat cruise!
Let’s go for a cruise.
Our Captain owned his look.
The harbor.
All of the Eastman people that drove us around made sure to point out that this is a great music venue.
That epic dinner we had the other night was in that brick building.
We were told this is the best Chinese food restaurant and can also seat 800 people. Hard pass.
Finally, we get into the canals.
House plants on a house boat
The Opera house that doubles as city council office?
If you look closely, we’re in a boat traffic jam. How many boats can you count ahead of us?
Hello!
Is that a keeshond mix? We had two of those perfect Dutch Barge dogs and they belonged on this trip with us. Love and miss you Yogi and Boo Boo.
We stopped at a store for souvenirs and spotted a partect shape and sound. Meow! purr.
This city is stupidly beautiful.
Alcohol ban but please drink alcohol?
Never gets old.
Rarw
Lime scroppinos for our last night in Amsterdam.
10:08 PM and sun and moon are out.

We need to pack up in the morning and head out, but Amsterdam left an impression on our hearts and we can’t wait to come back soon.

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