The area in Amsterdam known as the Museum Quarter or District is beautiful! I just happened upon it while racing from Vondelpark to meet my friends at The Heineken Experience. If you want culture, then this is the place! The Rijkmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Stedelijk Museum, and Concertgebouw (Concert Hall) are located in this area. Straight ahead in this photograph you’ll notice the iAmsterdam in red and white. People were sitting on the letters and some even climbing!
One quick story…while running to get on a Metro going somewhere (can’t remember where because I went through ten Cities in 27 days…that’s a lotta trains/and I guess it really doesn’t matter where for the story), just as I made it in before the doors shut and was jockeying for space, a lady with a large grocery bag and her two children with scooters were right behind me, unbeknownst to me. The doors shut on her, the kids fall over onto their scooters like dominoes, they start screaming and crying and luckily the doors open and the lady squeezes in. I was trying to help the children up, but was so tightly crammed in, I couldn’t bend over. That wasn’t fun.
I love how they’ve formed the trees…
In the late morning, the chill long gone, I traipsed through Amsterdam’s revered urban park…Vondelpark, observing the palette of greens generated by the shafts of sunlight. Vondelpark reminds me of Central Park in New York City. There were lots of people out jogging, walking, and bicycling…enjoying the weekend!
Here are some additional places I passed during my self-guided tours…
Every day I passed this interesting statue hanging down towards one of the canals near where I was staying…
I’m back to the Airbnb again and the “half car” just waiting to have its photo taken!
Tomorrow, I’ll take you to The Heineken Experience!
Sherry Lachelle Travels 
Yes it’s definitely THE place plus 8 hours and good shoes.
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I’ll have to go back some day!
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That statue sticking out of the wall is really interesting. Your little half car is like a clown car. I don’t think I would get in it.
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I ride on a motorcycle…so the car would feel safer!
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I’m getting nostalgic looking at your photos. I loved the pruned trees as well – linden trees if I remember. Thanks for the ping back.
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Thanks…I didn’t know the name of them! Love your blog!
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Nice tour!
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Thanks!
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Ahh, so this is what it looks like in warm weather. It was an ice skating rink when I was there in January. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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The question is “did you skate”?
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Haha! I did not. I had a train to catch — that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. ^_^
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