Amsterdam
We're waiting for a response from a girl offering ride share from Amsterdam to Frankfurt main. We're also hoping we can get a bed for another night here at the Flying Pig while we wait. In the meantime, I'm enjoying the night, and we're looking at alternate game plans.
[Photograph by Gaea Phoenix]
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I love Contrast.
I discover I am a sudden lover of Rembrandt. I didn't plan for this, but I've been studying photography, and doing quite a bit of picture-taking, so I'm actually interested in Rembrandt all of a sudden.
Amsterdam is great. I sit in the bar of the Flying Pig. This place is world renowned and recommended. This is where you go in Amsterdam. And here we are. Amsterdam most definitely has a - for lack of a better word - dreary feel to it. Not that that is a deterrent in any way; rather, it heightens the contrast of the place. Everything here is old. It's just like Eddie Izzard says, "Europe is where the history comes from"...I know exactly what he means. As Ryan & I walked from the Laundromat (where they do the laundry for you; it costs €1 more than if we'd done it ourselves. Ryan & I went to the Rijksmuseum while we waited. On the way we shared this amazing rum raisin bun. It was fantastic.
I discover I am a sudden lover of Rembrandt. I didn't plan for this, but I've been studying photography, and doing quite a bit of picture-taking, so I'm actually interested in Rembrandt all of a sudden.
Amsterdam is great. I sit in the bar of the Flying Pig. This place is world renowned and recommended. This is where you go in Amsterdam. And here we are. Amsterdam most definitely has a - for lack of a better word - dreary feel to it. Not that that is a deterrent in any way; rather, it heightens the contrast of the place. Everything here is old. It's just like Eddie Izzard says, "Europe is where the history comes from"...I know exactly what he means. As Ryan & I walked from the Laundromat (where they do the laundry for you; it costs €1 more than if we'd done it ourselves. Ryan & I went to the Rijksmuseum while we waited. On the way we shared this amazing rum raisin bun. It was fantastic.
[Photograph by Gaea Phoenix]
The Rijksmuseum itself is worth a see. It has a nice atmosphere. It's somewhat modern on the inside, although the outside is one of those typical castles you have to drive around. I enjoyed walking through, and found a couple of pieces I really liked, including Jeremiah lamenting Jerusalem. This is one of Rembrandts more critically acclaimed pieces. The description noted the heightened drama of the piece, and I couldn't have agreed more.
All in all, I have been quite pleased with Amsterdam. It really is quite beautiful, in a slightly more rugged, almost seedy, manner.
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I love scouting a room and lighting upon my "spot." You know the one, when you realize you'd be perfectly content to spend the rest of the evening, week, whatever in that spot. This is my spot:
[Photograph by Gaea Phoenix]
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