I am sterdam

Amsterdam was one of

those places I always figured

I'd get to one day, it just wasn't

at the top of the list of my must-sees.

What was I thinking?

This place is great!  I guess I

always heard about the red

light district and the relaxed

drug laws and thought of it as

a bit seedy.  Not so.  This is a

beautiful city filled with canals

rippling out from the city center.

There are beautiful buildings

everywhere you look.

It has lovely tree shaded streets.

And if you grow tired

of looking at all the beauty

on the land, you can find

more on the canals.

 

This is a city mad for its

flowers, so be sure to stop and

notice all the beautiful plantings.

The canal houses are quite

narrow with either steep

staircases or spiral stairs.

They can't get furniture up

these stairs so they are pulled

up from the street and taken 

in through large upper windows.

This is the church around

the corner from the building

Anne Frank lived in when they

went into hiding.  They were not

allowed to go near the windows

but they could hear the sound

of the church bells though

they could never see it.

Lovely Amsterdam ~ I

can't wait to return.