Playing with bugs. What’s new.
Beach day at Zandvoort.
Best egg salad sandwich. Ever.
Taco Shop in Amsterdam. Set up by a couple dudes from Cali.
Revan. Awesome Turkish restaurant in Amsterdam.
Beach day at Bloemendaal. Need to rent one of these this summer.
Happy Memorial Day. Ready for BBQ & picnic.
Happy Memorial Day. Here in Amsterdam, they celebrate Pentacost. Either way, Jaro had the day off.
Our first “BBQ” in Sarphatipark.
Jaro managed to capture this shot of the tulip fields as he flew into Amsterdam. Just lovely.
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Outdoor chandelier on Molsteeg. Normal.
Shout it from the rooftops - Spring is officially here!
Herengracht canal.
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat. So pretty.
Hello! Another busy weekend here in Amsterdam. We are hosting some fabulous guests from the States and it has been the perfect excuse for us to take them around the city to our favorite places and, duh, eat our favorite foods.
We had a lovely dinner at home, evidenced by picture #1:
Dinner party
Those Nambe S&P shakers make the setting, don’t they?
We also, duh, strolled through some of our favorite street markets, Noordermarkt and Lindengrachtmarkt, like we do most weekends and indulged in some a dis (#2):
Hot Meat
How great does that sandwich look? More importantly, how great does that photo look? Jaro surprised me with a new camera lens (!!) and we’re having a blast taking some sweet (and savory?) shots with it.
We also tried out a cafe that we have been meaning to get to forever, Cafe Winkel. They are known for their gluttonous glorious apple tart. Can you see why? (#3):
Cafe Winkel's famous apple tart
We were also celebrating a special birthday for one of our guests (that’s you, Seweryn!) and even though he may not have wanted us to acknowledge his birthday in public, it still gave us a good reason to go to one of our favorite restaurants, Balthazar’s Keuken (#4):
Balthazar's. The decor is just as awesome as the food.
Our pictures of the food just didn’t do it justice in the low lighting, so you get this artsy shot of the cool bulbs in there instead. Where can I get these?
Chalk that up to another great weekend here in the ‘Dam. Now if only the temps would get back to where they were last weekend. …Actually, scratch that. We are about to head out this weekend for some exciting travel! Ukraine & Turkey, here we come!
xxx
Hi there. I’m feeling under the weather today, so I’m sorry if this post lacks my normal enthusiam. “Under the weather” couldn’t be more appropriate right now. Our weather in Amsterdam has been AMAZING the past two weeks. Actually amazing. And I’m certainly not feeling amazing so I suppose I am, indeed, under it. But let’s talk weekend, shall we? I had a friend visiting from the U.S. and it was good to talk about how everyone is doing at home and share how things are going over here.
On Friday when she arrived, we took a nice long walk around Museumplein, over to Leidesplein and up & around to Rembrandtplein. Lots o’ pleins (which really just means square in Dutch). All this walking just means we earned our dinner at Bazar, one of my faves, and then we rolled home.
On Saturday, it was another gorgeous day, so we hopped on a Canal Bus Tour (my third time, but who’s counting?). As much as I love the architecture of my city, it was also the perfect day to stare up at this:
But also see our crazy juxtaposition of these:
Het IJ.
We, of course, also stopped in the Lindengrachtmarkt for lunch, so I could say hi to my favorite Hot Meat men.
After a long day in the warm sun, we thought there is no better way to end it than with this:
Enjoying my roof with a friend.
And after considerable chatting up there, it continued down here:
Evening stroll
Sunday rolled around and we took another walk. This time through Vondelpark and around the Pijp, stopping for lunch at another favorite haunt, De Duvel.
Sometimes, quiet weekends are just what you need. And, sometimes, they are even just what I need.
xxx
Those Dam Americans 