I am trying to be relaxed about our multitude of city-breaks and not pack every day with too many sights to see and novelties to absorb. My saying is: "We will always have Paris /London" (annoying, I know).
Problem is that we won't always have Venice, Turino, Madrid, Geneva... A return family trip is unlikely. But Amsterdam? There will have to be another trip. The museums and architecture, the history and cycling were just too wonderful not to be scheming up another visit in a few years.
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| Never met a letter he wouldn't climb |
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| Our lovely hosts |
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| Getting ready to cycle through the Rijksmuseum (though you can only see a couple of statues) |
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| Our colourful duo |
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| out and about en masse (8 people and 7 bikes of varying sorts) |
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| Working as hard as a windmill |
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| the whole gang out for a spin (get it???) |
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| The stunning maritime museum - that proved very popular with an interactive exhibit on the Golden Age of Dutch trade (and wealth generation), a provocative temporary exhibit on the Dutch involvement in slavery, a galleon on which one can imagine life at sea (and dream of a sleepover without parents!), and good sandwiches too. |
The other museum we made it to was the
Resistance Museum Junior - a new, award-winning wing of the WWII Resistance Museum that is geared to the under 14 set. It mainly focuses on 4 real-life tales of a Jewish girl, a boy whose father was active in the resistance, a boy who is taken by all the 'excitement' of the war, and the daughter of a Dutch Nazi party member. Terrific stuff that held everyone's attention for almost 2 hours solid.
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| trying the wave board |
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