We rented bikes and rode all over the city.
The place is just beautiful. I got some great pictures while riding all
over the bridges and canals. We then at stopped at the Ann Frank Museum
which added some culture to our visit to Amsterdam. This was the original
home of Ann Frank where she and her family hid during WWII. Throughout
the museum there are interviews with people who knew the family as well as the
father Otto Frank. This is a picture of the actual bookcase where the Frank's
hid out. Also on the left is a picture of Ann Franks diary. Caution: there
were very explicit directions not to take pictures. . . but I did this for your
viewing pleasure.
After the Ann Frank house, we had some lunch and then split up. Cass and
Dave went to the Van Gogh
museum while I headed to the internet to get some things done. However,
the internet place that
we were going to meet at was closed and so I had to go to a different one.
I waited around for
about a half an hour and then took off, planning to meet them that night
somehow. . .
somewhere. With the luck of the Irish still on our side, we happened to
meet up
five minutes later. We decided to take the bikes down the river Amstel
and ride out to see the windmills.