Back to Amsterdam
We took the train back to Amsterdam, again going through the track works and arriving late. We checked into room 11 (back at Seven Bridges Hotel). I loved our little room. Skylights and textiles and bright colors made it feel bigger. The old sewing machine table with the marble top was our dresser and breakfast table. Breakfast was brought to the room on trays…coffee pots and the best bread (with sunflower seeds!) with cheese and sliced meats. Nice way to start the day. And of course, we had dinner at the steak place where dogs sat tucked into the arms of their people getting a few bites too!
We took a train to Keukenhof one day to see the flower fields. Hyacinths and Tulips were blooming–long wide fields of them. Unique new varieties of flowers were on display, though the bulbs wouldn’t be available for a few years.
Massive smells of flowers and dirt. The red of the tulips burned the film it was so red.
We spent the final few days of our trip wandering the canals, watching the people and the dogs and the bicyclists, eating pancakes and enjoying the Irish bar and/or Cafe Otten in the evenings.
