25.9.10 Sunday.

Todays lesson is the house of Anne Frank. Oh and also eating supremely large pancakes. We start with Anne. There is a long queue, but it moves quickly. It has changed quite dramatically since I was there last. Ok, it was 20 years ago. They have bought the surrounding houses to make it into quite a large museum. 

Andrew and Eden outside Anne Frank's House

Some shots around Amsterdam

Our huge pancakes. 

In Liedseplein

27.9.10 Tuesday

A Day At The Museums.

Trams today. Fairly reasonably priced ~ 15 Euros for us all to travel the whole day where ever we want in Amsterdam. England has a lot to learn.

We started with the Van Gogh museum. The girls had the ‘kids’ audio tour. Plugged in, they wandered around the 3 floors making notes on the famous pieces they viewed. I am hoping to catalogue a book of classics for them by the time we get home.
Our favourites are: Emily - Almond Blossom, Holland and Claire – The Bedroom. Andrew doesn’t have one as he doesn’t have regard for Van Gogh’s work.

Next, and after lunch was the Rijksmuseum. A first for all of us. This time we all got the audio tour. Just as we got to Rembrant’s, The Night Watch, Alana decided the acoustics deserved some lung work. So she shouted and screeched at the top of her lungs. I don’t need to tell you that this area of the museum was a hushed silence. I rushed her out when the evil stares started to burn my skin and Andrew and I took it in turns to view the Dutch masterpieces.

Our favourites are: Emily – Dolls House, Holland – Dolls House Doll's house - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - Museum for Art and History 

Claire  - Vermeer. Absolute exquisite work with The Kitchen Maid. Andrew also loved Vermeer but chose The Little Street.

Wish we could have seen Girl with a The Pearl Earring, but this was in Den Haag. 

28.9.10 Wednesday

Major Tourist Day. I love it! Cheese, windmills and clogs. Gouda was the plan, but Marjolein and Frank find somewhere closer. Zaandijk. It was a perfect day out.

Me & Marjolein

Holland loving the cheese factory. Basil cheese was our favourite. 

Brum, Dan & the four girls

A girl can never have too many clogs