Showing posts with label Anne Frank. Show all posts
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Friday, September 14, 2018

Our first visit to The Netherlands.


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We visited The Netherlands for the first time in 2013. We were very surprised, amazed, thunderstruck and fell in love with this wonderful country.
The chocolate colour buildings of Amsterdam, situated along beautiful canals, the Houseboats, local fastfood FEBO, The Flower Market and many, many many other imressive things can't wait to greet you and open its beauty for travellers, tourists...
One of tasty things you must try is herring with pickled cucumber and onion, especially if it is a new catch.
The Royal Palace, The Anne Frank House, The Homomonument, The Night Watch sculptures, Van Gogh Museum, The National Maritime Museum... A lot of bicycles and cyclists everywhere, cosy streets with nice restaurants, famous brown bars/pubs.
We visited the countryside of the Netherlands. It's beautiful ! It's flat, you will not see hills or mountains when driving a car along a motorway. But you will see plenty of windmills.
Many buildings the countryside have straw roofs and they're great !
It is possible to travel across the country by bicycle or a yacht because there are plenty of bike paths and canals following motorways. 
You can visit Museums Of Old Windmills and learn how the country lived in the past, the fight for land free of water.
There are also beaches on situated along the seaside and very popular in the summer. For example, you can take a 20mins train trip to Zandvoort and enjoy this small town atmospher and loca beaches.
People in The Netherlands are very friendly and almost everyone can speak English. 
If you have never been to The Netherlands, visit this country one day. You will never regret it !

This is The Kingdom of the Netherlands !

View of The Homomonument
In the centre of Amsterdam
There are always boats floating along Amsterdam canals
On that day there were a lot of flowers on The Homomonument
You can see a sign which reads Homomonument
Near The Homomonument
I commemorated all gay and lesbian victims of NAZI
On The Homomonument
A lot flowers on The Homomonument. A rainy day.
Anne Frank House
View of The Homomonument from a bridge
Here Nico Engelschman is mentioned who was a Dutch actor and theatre director in 20th centurie
On a bridge with a view of The Homomonment
Usually there are not so many people at The Homomonument
Just a nice view from a bridge
A nice Barge-Houseboat
There are a lot of Houaseboats in Amsterdam
The boat on the centre seems to be a boat tour
Bicycles parked on a bridge...
A Houseboat
Bike lane in Amsterdam
A nice parking
A boat tour
Someone lives in the boat...
It is so nice to seat on a bench by a canal and read a book
A nice view of a bridge and chocolate buildings
View of a bridge and a street along a canal
The are plenty of beautiful houses in Amsterdam
Boats and cars parked along canal
There're plenty of bridges in Amsterdam
A view of a canal
 The entrance to The Cafe-Coffeshop The Dolphins
Welcome to The Cafe-Coffeshop The Dolphins !
A church
The restaurant Grolsh
Under a clock
The National Monument on Dam Square
A lion on The Dam Square
The National Monument on Dam Square
View of The Royal Palace
On The Dam Square
This is a popular shopping center
View of De Bijenkorf
Parked boats
One of central streets
A Tourist bus
Boat tours
Boat tours starts from here
Amsterdam
Canals of Amsterdam are beautiful
On a corner
Bicycles, bicycles
A canal between buildings
A church and a statue
On The Dam Square
Flowers on The Homomonument
At the entrance to a Cinema
A boat floating away
Would you like some Nutella
A beautiful building
Just a good view
In a "park"
I'm happy
The German Embassy in Amsterdam
A lot of parked bicycles
A boat tour along Amsterdam canals
A private boat is floating by...
Amsterdam is great !
A little rented boat
Oops !
A modern building
A cosy street in Amsterdam
Behind pillars of The Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum
Modern Amsterdam
View of a modern part of Amsterdam
Street art
View from other side
Pancake Corner
Somewhere in Amsterdam
A tour bus
Trees on the right side and cars on the left side. Cute !
A boat
A road
A restaurant
A happy traveller
Welcome to Amsterdam !
A lonely bicycle
There're a lot of boat tours each day in Amsterdam
A barge
A barge is foating under moveable bridges
A moveable bridge
A barge is entering a passage
It's almost done !
Just a few metres left
The National Maritime Museum
This ship is a part of The National Maritime Museum
Old ship under grey sky...
Science Center NEMO
Amsterdam is cool !
On a " observation desk" of Science Center NEMO
The famous words of William Shakespeare
The National Maritime Museum
A watch tower
The biggest bike parking in Amsterdam situated near The Central Station
View of the Flower Market from "other" side...
Yes, there is The Flower Market on the opposite side of a canal !
The Central Station
Welcome to a very big bike parking !
Rules of the bicycle parking
A beautiful place
Millions of leaves on the surface
A romantic view
Somewhere in the centre of the city
Madame Tussauds and The Royal Palace
A big wheel
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The monument to Mahatma Gandhi 
At The monument to Mahatma Gandhi 
Inside a church
Visiting a museum of windmills
Visiting a fishing village
Old windmills
Old windmills still works
In the fishing village
Boats in the fishing village
The fishing village is cool !
In the fishing village...
This Old-fashioned Windmill and two canals are a part of a museum