Our home in Amsterdam
We lived in a 300-year-old apartment.
Blue-and-white delftware
The reproduction of Chinese porcelain.
State of Gezelligheid
Gezelligheid is like th Filipino pakikisama.
Visited a barge
Living in a barge.
Grachts of Amsterdam
Gracht means canal in Dutch.
I love stroopwafels
Stroopwafels got popular in the 1700s.
Daily cheese museum visit
Here are the cheesy things we bought.
Amsterdam’s crazy bikers
I am pissed off by Amsterdam’s wild riders.
Keukenhof, Garden of Europe
One of the world’s largest flower gardens.
Still life with Van Gogh
Sat by the Vase with Twelve Sunflowers.
Royal Palace in Amsterdam
The official residence of Queen Beatrix.
Miffy by Dick Bruna
Miffy resembles My Melody. Who’s older?
Intriguing red light district
Respect the ladies – no photos in this district.
In the Bible museum
Tempted to see the model of the Tabernacle.
Short at Vondelpark
A park named after Netherlands’ Shakespeare.
Beware of coffeeshops
A tip to tourist parents in Amsterdam.
Bucketlist: to stay in a houseboat
Houseboats abound in Amsterdam’s canals.
Endless queue to Anne Frank’s house
Anne Frank’s house attracts so many visitors.
Drugs tolerated in Netherlands
Cannabis not technically legal, but tolerated.
Begin the Beguine
Beguines – a lay Catholic sisterhood.