AMSTERDAM is an amazing city. i haven’t been here for many years. it has such unique architecture. i guess you could say that about many cities. london, paris, rome, venice, and amsterdam. the first time i came, it reminded me of manhattan. but of course, that makes sense. new york, formerly known as new amsterdam and founded by the dutch. the tall skinny brownstones. something about taxes being based on the footprint of the building. it has such a warm atmosphere. charming, very storybook, very gingerbread cookie feeling. very human scaled and lovely. great coffee and cafes. our little rented apartment came with 3 bikes. we biked around town, went to museums, shopped, wandered. i really loved it. there was a “quality of life”.
bikes, architecture, cafes, bricks, canals, small, intimate, cozy. we didn’t hang out in certain seedier parts of town.
we told jj about how amsterdam was the first foreign town that she visited. (having been born in paris) she was 2 months old. this made me curious as to how many countries jj had been to and i counted them: france, belgium, holland, italy, us, bahamas, cuba, mexico, great britain, canada, china, japan, germany, morocco, greece, costa rica, switzerland. 17. and she’s only 15. don't want that to sound like bragging. was just curious.
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