Day Five:
Having a drink in a pub that served its first pint in 1630
My favorite book tunnel. It is lined with booksellers at ends on Monet's Bridge. It is near the University of Amsterdam
Busy day on the canals. The sun was out all day and the city was alive with picnics and boat trips.
Rembrandt's House. He purchased the house for 1300 Guilders and lost it when he could not make the payments. The house and all its contents were taken from him.
The Kitchen
Main living quarter with his bed
The bed seems so small. He must have been a tiny man.
Front door (out of focus)
This was thought to be his wife's room.
He had many assistants mixing paints. can you imagine how difficult it would have been to create the same blue pigment for a large painting http://www.amsterdam.info/museums/rembrandthuis/
Day Six
This is a Jewish Memorial to the thousands of Jewish residents deported to concentration camps.
There were thought to be fewer than 6000 left at the end of the war.
Spanish Tapas Bar
The Rijks
This church is in the Red Light District. It is also the burial place of Rembrandt's wife. It was built in 1213. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oude_Kerk_(Amsterdam)
Weird mushrooms growing out of this floor stone
Floor Stone for Rembrandt's wife
This was above a door in the funky part of the city near the train station. Very Cool!
Old Bar that that is full of religious icons.
Sexy tram face on the way home.
Tomorrow we head off the Bruges.
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