Many photos! Much prettiness!
Cafe Katoen
Kip in het IJ – we usually researched the places we were eating, but this one was a hungry walk-by near the Resistance museum. Bitterballen in the back, yum.
Flea market at Waterlooplein
Yakitori from our first night in town.
Apple pie, bitter lemon, and fresh mint tea, at a cafe in the 9 streets!
I didn’t see Stephen, but I did buy yarn!
Hello! It’s been awhile! We went to Amsterdam for a holiday last week and it was lovely. Of course the re-entry to real life is a bit jarring, but what’re you gonna do?
Process photos! I sort of felt like I wasn’t taking very many, but it looks like between my big camera and my phone, I was able to capture some decent snaps. We visited 8 museums in 7 days, took a train to the Hague, and ate a lot of food. I did have some trouble with panic attacks :( so I wasn’t always able to do/eat everything I wanted, but I managed to have a great time anyway.
One of many, many canal views
Sarphatipark
Saturday Albert Cuypmarket – holy moly was it ever crowded.
Saturday at Niewmarkt
Binnehof in the Hague
Escher museum at Het Paleis in The Hague
Vermeer’s Girl With the Pearl Earring, Maurishuis, The Hague
National Maritime Museum, Amsterdam
National Maritime Museum, Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum Library
Singel Flower Market – we passed by here multiple times a day since it was right by the hotel and a good landmark!
Stedelijk museum – the modern art was a nice change from all the other Very Old Stuff we looked at!
Museums visited:
Rijksmuseum
Dutch Resistance Museum (Verzetsmuseum)
National Maritime Museum
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Escher in Het Paleis, The Hague
Van Gogh Museum
Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam Museum
More to come!
We flew to Houston on Friday for my cousin Lisa’s wedding on Saturday, then came home on Sunday. It was quite a whirlwind! There was some nice sky above the clouds on the flight, but alas it was pretty grey and gloomy on the ground the whole time. No sunshine!
The outdoor ceremony was a bit cold and windy, but it was short and sweet. It was a good party.
We cleaned up pretty nice. (Don’t worry Sue, I’ll get you a copy!)
(I’m wearing my Cerasus shawl.)
Unfortunately I didn’t get a lot of knitting in – when flying I tend to nap versus actually doing anything else, and driving around with my mum I needed to be the navigator! I did separate the sleeves on a new top-down design (using a crochet hook, because I didn’t want to put needles in my carry-on!).
And I put in a little time on a second iteration of my knitting-that-looks-like-crochet cowl. Tosh Chunky in Modern Fair Isle – I had hoped it would have more pops of other colours in there, it’s mostly orange and brown!
Now comes the December rush to get all the baking, shopping, and knitting done!