Friday 20 March 2009

Weekend in Holland - Amsterdam


So the last weekend of February (I know, took me some time to write about it) it was my turn to sett off to visit friends... in the Netherlands. I stayed in Amsterdam 2 days, then in Rotterdam for 2 days. I had a blast. Amsterdam was so beautiful, with all the canals, the old buildings sinking down, people on bikes... I also got to go in several museums for free thanks to my friend's museum pass hehe.
Amsterdam graffiti

Houses sinking in

Canals by night

Wicked Rijksmuseum

Van Gogh museum

Book sellers (bouquinistes ;))

The one-hour queue to get in Anne Frank's house (but was definitely worth it)

For all French speakers, here is something that should make you laugh (click on the picture to enlarge it)

Inside the historical museum


You gotta love tourist shops :-p

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Je vais donc pouvoir envoyer tes documents à Violette et Jean avant Pâques!
J'ai visité la Hollande il y a plus de 50 ans! Bien sûr je ne reconnais rien. Je me souviens surtout des ponts et des champs de tulipes. A l'heure qu'il est ta soeur doit être à Rome et Marie-Violette est à Romainville. Sa thyroïdite n'est pas encore guérie. Elle doit encore prendre du Célestène pendant 1 mois.
Quelle famille de voyageurs! Nous allons passer Pâques en Alsace.
Bons baisers du GRAND Tonton Jean.