Our first stop was seeing the city by water on a canal tour...Roman's request! It reminded me a lot of Venice, Italy. A lot of little canals and the buildings were chock full of history!
After quickly consulting our trusty Lonely Planet map of Amsterdam, we started across the city to Kayla's request for the day.
Where did our little artist want to go? To see the Vincent Van Gogh Museum, of course! To say that she was in her glory was an understatement. I think she could have remained in there all day.
Roman, on the other hand, had other ideas. Apparently, walking wore him out!
Next, we headed to Vondelpark. This is the Dutch equivalent to Central Park. It was beautiful, full of trees, outdoor dining, lakes, and playgrounds!
We sure worked up an appetite and it was Momma's choice for dinner. We went out for traditional Dutch pancakes. Bill and I both had massive pancakes. His was covered in strawberries and mine had Nutella smeared on it! The kids split a large plate of Dutch Poffertjes with whipped cream and strawberries. Basically, they are mini pancakes that puff up.
We continued our trip through Amsterdam by taking side streets back to the Central Station. Pure beauty! We went past the Anne Frank House but didn't go in, as we were all hitting exhaustion. We plan to go back again though and that is at the top of my list!
Tomorrow morning we hope to sleep in and then go visit the historic town of Nijmegen.
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