I love this vibrant, young, picturesque city with it’s unique architecture, canals, cyclists in biblical numbers, with countless appealing shops that warrant a good face print on their dressed-up storefront windows.
Today we went to the Rijksmuseum which is only one block away. Worth it but DO buy your ticket online to avoid the on-site ticket line. It will be an open ticket so no reservation time to be locked into later.
However, avoid any sudden burst of spontaneity after your museum tour. When you see the ground level water fountain, a circle of revolving frigid water where people are standing in the middle, just shy of getting wet, walk away. First of all, under most cicumstances, you would never mingle with any of these folks unless they married into the family. Look straight ahead. Keep walking to the cafe with the sign that reads, “wine and beer.”
Now I sit here with ice on my knee., limping on the second day of a 16-day vacation. Nothing is broken– just a swollen knee missing a lot of skin. There’s a shop nearby that sells walking canes. They open at 10 am tomorrow. I bet I won’t have to wait in line there.