Thursday, October 13, I went to Amsterdam. My hotel, The Canal House.
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This is my room.
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The first day, I would take the elevator to the third floor, walked through hallways with fun decorations along the way...
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and then take these narrow and steep stairs down to my room...
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The hotel looking from the other side of the canal. My room was on the top floor, the window to the left.
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The view from my room at night.
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On Friday, October 14, I realized that I could go to breakfast a different way...go down this first set of STEEP narrow stairs....
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...then this set of stairs...
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finally, I was in the breakfast room.
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I went to the Anne Frank House. I couldn't take any pictures inside, but let's just say that it was the main reason that I went to Amsterdam and I wasn't dissapointed. It was very emotional.
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The Westerkerk church next to the Anne Frank House.
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Details on the steeple of the church.
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As I looked at the steeple, I couldn't help but remember Anne's description of looking at the steeple from the top of the attic.
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After visiting the Anne Frank House, I walked along the many canals and enjoyed a nice fall day.
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There are many different canal cruises to visit the city.
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Having a little fun with Photoshop
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Many of the houses have signs which usually identified the owners' occupation.
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I visited the Katten Kabinet -- the cat museum. It's a beautiful house filled with cat artwork and cats lounging around.
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One of the many cats just sitting back and enjoying the easy life.
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I was petting the cat on the chair, when the other cat jumped on the chair to get attention, the lounging cat was not too excited by the interruption, there were a few swatting paw actions, before they relaxed.
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Can you spot the cat on the table behind me?
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Back outside, I just enjoyed being in Amsterdam and looking at everything around.
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Knock! Knock!
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The people of Amsterdam amazed me with their bike riding skills! Bikes are all over the place, and I didn't see any fancy bikes, just very basic.
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Sunflower at he Flower Market.
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more daisies...
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Fun things for your garden...this is for you Patrick!
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and of course, tulips!
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more bikes...
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and bikes...
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decorated bikes!
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Architecture is so different than California....
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I loved the contrast on this house
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I think I'm going to go out and buy statues for my house :)
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She looks like she's rolling her eyes up and saying, "oh, Please!"
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One of the bridges near my hotel.
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Across the canal from my hotel
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Full moon over the Keizersgracht Canal, taken from my hotel room.
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Saturday, October 15. My last full day in Amsterdam, it was an ABSOLUTELY beautiful day!!!
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Given the spider web around this bell, I don't think it has been used for some time.
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Beautiful homes, interesting bikes...toilets sitting out by the canal...what?!?! I was confused too...
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As I wrote before, the city is filled with bikes!!
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and different kinds of boats...
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I went to the Noorder Markt on Saturday morning...they had bulbs...
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fruits...
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cheese...
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more cheese...
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and more...
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