We weren't allowed to take pictures inside, so here's an outside shot of the Rijksmuseum, which was undergoing renovation, but still had many old masters on display:
And the outside of the Van Gogh Museum:
Even in winter, there were so many people at both of these museums that we really couldn't enjoy ourselves as we would have liked.Consulting the map in the book to make sure we weren't missing any museums:
We decided to grab a quick sandwich from a street vendor:
And then some more map-checking:
This was at the Willet-Holthuysen Museum, which is a canalside mansion that's now open to the public. Brian was working on taking artistic photographs:
Outside, in the W-H's courtyard:
As we left to head to our next destination, I realized my hat and gloves had been taken from me:
I think this may have been a picture of the W-H Museum from across the canal:
Entering another museum (obviously, my notes and memory are lacking):
About to enter the Rembrant House, which was one of my favorite places we visited.
Outside, we saw many magpies; this guy is hiding in the tree:
Here's an Indian Ringneck Parakeet. We also saw these in Istanbul and London. They are not native to any of these cities, but have adapted incredibly well:
After our long day of museum-going (we visited several not mentioned here), we went to the grocery store near our house to grab stuff for dinner. The basket Brian is holding has wheels on the bottom and can be pulled with a fold-out handle as a mini-cart.
Later that night, we had a Trappist taste test.
I thought the Tripel won, but Brian preferred the Dubbel. We went to bed early as we had an early day of birding planned for the next day.
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