Map of Old Amsterdam in the 18th century
Houses are built on wood pilons sunk into the marshy land
Painting of old Amsterdam in winter
The Amsterdam, a 3-masted ship of the Dutch East India Company, launched in 1748, sunk in 1749, now in the Amsterdam harbor.,
Painting of battle in Amsterdam harbor
The Amsterdam in front of the Nemo, maritime museum
The stern of the New Amsterdam--ships looked like buildings in the 18th century
The GVB runs ferries across the harbor to north Amsterdam
Buildings stand shoulder to shoulder, no matter their size
Typical retractable bridge like Van Gogh painted
The Mayor's house
The Amstel River
Westertoren
See the seven bridges lined up???
A windmill!
How about living in a houseboat and using a canoe for a car?
Every rooftop is unique.
Market
Waterloo Plain
Houses that are collapsing because of the metro expansion underground
Rembrandt House Museum
Rembrandt's house
Bed in Rembrandt's house for overnight visitor
Cabinet in his “sales gallery”--he was an art dealer from his home
Typical artist's collection
Cabinet in Rembrandt's house
Rembrandt's colors were mixed from pigments like these
Dam Square in the 18th century
Dam Square can be reached by boat
The parliament building
Queen Wilhelmina statue
Dam Square, the center of Amsterdam
Royal Palace on Dam Square
Royal Palace, on Dam Square
Amsterdam Opera House
The New Church had a Black Is Beautiful exhibit
Not very much like a church any more
Still beautiful though
With beautiful stained glass
Concert Gebauw
The Opera House
Everybody takes time for a smoke
New market
Lord in the Attic Church museum is in this building
Amstelkring Museum--“The Lord in the Attic”--a church hidden in the attics of three houses
Sacred items used in Church in the Attic
The Red Light district is around here
Entrance to Amsterdam Historical Museum on Kalverstreet
Last Supper in Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum
Lovely brick two-flat with leaded windows
My hotel room in Amsterdam
My hotel was in a nice neighborhood around Vondel Park
The sun comes out briefly on my street
I go on a homes tour around Vondel Park
Prosperity is evident
Homes back onto the pond in Vondel park
Pretty heavenly location
Map of Vondel Park lagoons renovation plans
Homes back right onto Vondel Park lagoons
The Viking Sky at the end of our cruise, in Amsterdam
