I doodled and painted during the afternoon.
A collaged view from my hotel room window....
The rain stopped and the evening was absolutely wonderful for being outside and walking around.
Two mounted police stand quietly across the road from a trannie or S&M bar.
I didn't get close enough to be able to distinguish.
Actually, I'm not sure I could tell if I were looking in the windows.
I really liked the outfits some of the patrons were wearing, though.
We passed that store again that has the cool masks.
Seriously, any place that has a David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust-era" mask
for sale has my vote of confidence.
I shot photos without a flash. Sorry.
This is a "love lock" on one of the canal bridges.
It made me wish I had brought the ones that our daughter gave us for the holiday.
This cat is guarding a closed restaurant.
The wall of the Amsterdam Museum of Natural History, circa 1660.
It was formerly an insane asylum.
A very popular "coffee shop" across the road from where we were walking.
A typical street scene in the Leidsplein-area.
Lots of restaurants and most of the side streets are off-limits to cars.
Here I am with my favorite guy.
I absolutely love Amsterdam too! It's nothing like what one might think, that's for sure. It is peaceful, happy, laid back, friendly, wonderful! I hope that you get to rent bikes from MacBike and get to tour around the city. Perhaps if the weather improves, you can do the Amstel river bike ride - heaven on a sunny day! I look forward to seeing your sketches.
ReplyDeleteJane, I've never rented bikes here. I've always wanted to do that in Delft.
ReplyDeleteI might have to try it this time. There are several other tagalongs besides me. Perhaps we can create a posse and swarm the place.
I actually hadn't ridden a bike in almost 20 years, and then rented one in Amsterdam! Gotta tell you, the first few minutes are a bit unnerving, but almost all the streets have bike lanes. I rode around the Vondelpark for a little while, and did the Amstel river ride and those really went a long way towards confidence building also. And, hehe, I think the red "MacBike" tag on the front of the bikes it a bit like a "caution - tourist!" warning for the locals, so I think they know to proceed with caution around one ;-)
ReplyDeleteYes I take art supplies EVERYWHERE - sometimes I don't use them at all, but to have time and no supplies is horrible. I take a small (10) flat tin of watercolor crayons, a water brush, small scissors, glue stick, drawing pencil, eraser, up to a dozen pens, Pitt, Micron and precis, and if I can fit it in, two journals for different paper, if only one fits - the moleskine water color 5 X 7, generally get something I need along the way. Your hotel room looks just right for journaling.
ReplyDeleteLori, it sounds like we carry about the same things for art-making. Thanks for sharing! Anyone else?
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