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Amsterdam: More Tourism

Well, I decided to spend my last weekend in Europe on a pleasure tour, some more tourism. I decided to go to Amsterdam. The rain and cold didn't dampen our spirits, as you can see from the photos:



Ok, the city is really beautiful - especially the canals.

Now the museums. Ok, I have no idea what this Modern Art business is all about. The Van Gogh Museum has some cool stuff but that modern art - what is all the hype about it. I just don't get it. But I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But that wasn't so beautiful to me. Expressionism is just something that caught my fancy. However, it was great to have visited it.

On to the Rijksmuseum. Now that is my kind of art. I would take a Rembrandt over a Van Gogh any day. Those paintings are really cool. I was especially jazzed by the huge canvas paintings of landscapes. Those are really cool. I really enjoyed all the stuff they had from the 17th century. That was really beautiful. I guess those artists then really knew what they were doing. Their paintings really caught my eye.

I didn't get to see much more - not too much you can do when you arrive at 11am and leave at 8pm. Oh, there was dinner. Went to an Argentinian restaurant. Really cool. We had some assortment of meat (hey, I am a Kenyan). Now that was a lot of meat, but we said we wouldn't be defeated by it. Almost one and a half hours later - I could say we almost conquered the mountain - almost being the key word. It was a lot and we couldn't finish it all. But we did much better than some guys on another table. They only managed half of their portion. But as we said - we Kenyans are known for our meat eating skills.

I really liked the city of Amsterdam and will definitely take an extended tour of the city when I next get a chance.
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