Our last day in Amsterdam. This was a community composting bin for food wastes that was near our Airbnb. This impressive apartment building was just down the street as well.
More photos from Amsterdam and Delft can be found on my website.
Our first stop was Hortus Botanicus where we walked around for a couple of hours. The first shot was an insect house. Giving serious thought to making one of these at home. It look like it wouldn’t bee too difficult to make.
After the botanical gardens we decided to walk over to the NEMO Science Museum. On the way we noticed this place that was soon to be available for rent. We saw a number of these places all advertised by the same company.
The tall ship Amsterdam was anchored outside the Maritime Museum.
There were quite a few boats in the canal as we approached the science museum.
It took a while to walk to the top but the views from the top were outstanding. It was a beautiful day to be walking around Amsterdam.
Leaving the science museum we wandered across the Mr. J.J. van der Veldebrug Bridge and past the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
We encountered a Canta LX Micro Car which is designed for handicapper people. They yellow thing in the car seemed to be a steering wheel lock and it took most of the car. A little further down the canal we found the Sea Palace Restaurant.
A large collection of bikes parked near the Central Station.
I noticed this written on the Odebrug Bridge as we crossed.
We ended up walking though an area that sold a lot of pot.
We walked past the Floating Flower Market again. I think this may have been our third visit this trip.
We walked passed The Dam three times. Each time there seemed to be something a little different going on. This was a Falun Gong group they seemed to protest at The Dam almost every day. They are a group of people that is persecuted by the Chinese government including the killing of Falun Gong members for to harvest body parts.
Periodically there were characters dressed in costume and performers in the Dam. However, it wasn’t anything like we see in New York.
We walked over to the Anne Frank House. Unfortunately we were never able to get tickets for the tour. We also walked past Westerkerk which was a short distance from the hotel we stayed in when we first arrived in Amsterdam a week earlier.
By this time it was almost 2:30 in the afternoon and we had to catch a train to Delft in about an hour. We were also getting hungry after going all day. Finding a place to eat is probably the biggest challenge we have when traveling. It seems we can never find the just the right place. We finally ended up at a small coffee shop and had some apple pie and coffee.
We were on the Platform waiting for the 15:34 Train to Delft.
When we arrived in Delft it was a nice evening and we still had a little gas in the tank so we took a walk around town to get oriented. Lots of beautiful small canals. It reminded me a lot of Gouda.
We found this nest of Eurasian Coots in the canal behind the New Church. We checked on them every day when we were in Delft and on the last day the left the nest.
The first Little Free Library was built by Todd Bol in 2009 in Hudson Wisconsin. Hudson is just down the freeway from where we live. Now we find them all over the world.
The Molen de Roos or Windmill of the Rose on the main street in Delft.
The Old Church of Delft.
Main street in Delft. The Central Station is on the right.
An interesting piece of artwork. I’m not sure what is going on in the last photo but they were having fun.
It had been a long day. We started out around 7 a.m. and walked all over Amsterdam, followed by a train trip to Delft. We spent the evening walking around Delft and finally ended our day around 8 p.m.
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