Its all about the canals
It was a sunny Sunday afternoon and everybody was out in every size and shape of boat.
Note everyone has a bottle of beer.
We spent two days touring the canals. They were amazing.
Jan sharing a piece of Applestrudel
There was this huge billboard
Here's Dave at the Ruks Museum
Rembrandt's Nightwatch
One of the greatest portrait paintings of the 17th century Dutch Baroque era, The Night Watch was executed by Rembrandt at the height of his career in Amsterdam. Originally called The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch, it is a group portrait of a militia company, commissioned and paid for by the members concerned.
The picture was a huge success at the time, not least because it turns a fairly humdrum subject into a dynamic work of art. Unlike other Baroque portraits of militia companies, which traditionally portrayed members lined up in neat rows or sitting at a banquet, Rembrandt's painting shows the company fully equipped, ready for action, and about to march. ...More
Beautifuly inlaid table 1689
The Fall of Man, 1592
View from our room
Fruit stand
In Amsterdam, it was all about bikes! You had to be more careful when crossing the bike lanes than the streets
Dave and Jan in front of the Ruks Museum on a canal bridge
