16.05.15
Up early to get to Van Gogh museum, which I really wanted to see. We had been warned that there was little point in buying a fast track ticket, but it was wise to go early. We got there at 9 am when it opened, having got on the wrong tram to start with!! Neither of us awake enough to have bothered to check the tram map! It was raining and we got wet standing in the queue for an hour - madness really, but once you'd been there for 15 minutes it seemed silly to give up. Of course his work was worth the wait, but it was frustrating battling with a crowd 5 people deep at least to get to view the pictures properly. We enjoyed it mostly though and I love his landscapes especially as so many are of a part of France I have been to several times and they conjure the atmosphere so well. What a clever artist, what a miserable life; so sad.
We were damp and chilly when we came out to further rain, so stopped for koffie and brotjes in a warm cafe. Took the tram back to Muiderport station to buy our train tickets for Monday, then walked back through Dappermarkt another lively market with superior food stalls this time, along with the tat. Annoyingly we found some better lace than I had bought yesterday, so resolved to buy this too. Still only 5euros for 2m, so well worth it.
Back into the centre to eat dinner in a tiny basement restaurant in Jordaan. To enter it you had to duck into a window!
Up early to get to Van Gogh museum, which I really wanted to see. We had been warned that there was little point in buying a fast track ticket, but it was wise to go early. We got there at 9 am when it opened, having got on the wrong tram to start with!! Neither of us awake enough to have bothered to check the tram map! It was raining and we got wet standing in the queue for an hour - madness really, but once you'd been there for 15 minutes it seemed silly to give up. Of course his work was worth the wait, but it was frustrating battling with a crowd 5 people deep at least to get to view the pictures properly. We enjoyed it mostly though and I love his landscapes especially as so many are of a part of France I have been to several times and they conjure the atmosphere so well. What a clever artist, what a miserable life; so sad.
We were damp and chilly when we came out to further rain, so stopped for koffie and brotjes in a warm cafe. Took the tram back to Muiderport station to buy our train tickets for Monday, then walked back through Dappermarkt another lively market with superior food stalls this time, along with the tat. Annoyingly we found some better lace than I had bought yesterday, so resolved to buy this too. Still only 5euros for 2m, so well worth it.
Back into the centre to eat dinner in a tiny basement restaurant in Jordaan. To enter it you had to duck into a window!
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