A cat in that coffee shop. Is it even possible to tell if a cat is stoned?
Voted the best fries in Amsterdam for 2012. The first time we got fries in Amsterdam (not at this place), we were unimpressed by the much-vaunted peanut sauce -- it was thick and sludgy and barely tasted like peanuts. This place had about 20 different sauces for their fries. Most people have them with mayonnaise.
Another transport/delivery "arm", this time with a pulley.
Cheese shop near the flower market. You can sample. It was all yummy, but I don't think you can bring any of it into the States.
Our favorite bakery, just down the street and across the canal from our hotel. Across a narrow street from another coffee shop, called "Dutch Flowers". That little intersection showed up in not one, but two tourist videos about Amsterdam. The sign advertises their specialty, "syrup waffles" -- two thin, crispy cookies with a layer of thick syrup (or maybe honey?) in between. Really good.
Poppyseed pastry at the same bakery
Our "usual" chair was taken the second time we went to the bakery, but we were able to share the table
Greg in front of row houses in Amsterdam - June 2013
So I forgot to take the camera with me for the first two days we were in Amsterdam, which was basically most of our time in Amsterdam this trip. It was our second trip, if you count the 13-hour layover the first time we went to Germany. That first time, we had so much fun biking around and it was such a beautiful city, we decided we should go back sometime. Here are some pictures from Amsterdam in the summer of 2009.
We rode all over and didn't really stop to take pictures until the afternoon. This canal wasn't in the central area. Birds handing out on the roof of the greenhouse, or whatever that low addition is.
Swans with what looks like a nest.
The KLM fleet at the Amsterdam airport
All the older houses in Amsterdam (and even most of the newer ones) have arms sticking out of the front, some with pulleys, which is how they get stuff into the top floors. I guess the stairways are too narrow? Anyway, here's how that works, and I'm so sorry I can't get it to rotate 90 degrees. I'm not used to taking video.
And here are some pictures from Amsterdam 2013:
The lobby of Hotel Agora, which turned out to be in a really great location
classic Amsterdam house front
Art
The only dark beer Greg could find in Amsterdam (the cider on the left is mine)
Indian food
The start of the flower market, which turned out to be just down the street from our hotel
The back side of the flower market. And look! The sun finally came out!!
