Netherlands

Finally – Dublin & Amsterdam Photos!!

Ok well, it took me long enough.
I’ve finally got up all of the pictures from Dublin (not all are labelled) and from Amsterdam.
The Dublin ones are at: Flickr Dublin Photos
and a few to wet your appetite would be:
Christ church choral area - b & w
Christ Church Cathedral
St Pat's Stained glass 22 (closeup)
St Patrick’s Cathedral (windows)
Original Castle Tower
The oldest tower from Dublin Castle
Musician at Work
Fountain at Trinity College Campus
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The Amsterdam Photos are at:
Canal View & Reflection
Amsterdam Canals & Houses
Church
Church Across the street from Anne Frank House
King's Palace
Amsterdam Royal Palace
Hope you enjoy – and be sure to leave a comment or two on flickr if you get the chance!
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Amsterdam…. in 8 hours!

Note from May 17: I got home from my trip to Amsterdam, Glasgow and Edinburgh – with not much excitement to tell about. It was a lovely trip. In summary – I’m not sure when I’ll get pictures posted – I’m still working on the ones from Ireland (and that was the end of March!!) what you’re seeing here is a backlog of notes from the trip that I compiled – day by day… that are just now getting posted (but on the dates it happened instead of now…):

Amsterdam:

8 hour layover – and it was 75 F outside and sunny. I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day. I got into the airport by 7:20 am and decided to head into the city since my next flight left at 15:00. I was in the city by 8, and having breakfast at a cafe. After wandering around the centraal train station to get my bearings, I walked down the canals hoping to get to the Anne Frank House before it got too crowded. It opened at 9 am, and I got there about the time it opened. Shockingly, the line was around the building – and nearly 3 hours just to go in. As a result, I got a few pictures of the outside, bought some postcards and decided that 3 hours in Amsterdam would be better spent somewhere/ somehow else.

This meant a bit more wandering the city, until I saw a stand for a 1 hour boat tour out on the harbor. The weather was perfect – and I was craving a boat ride anyhow. (There’s just something about sunshine and water that always attracts this piscies girl – even though I can’t swim!!) So, tickets were 18 euros, but I figured what the heck and went back to the central station, where the boats left from. After popping into a roadside stand for some eierkuchen (egg pancakes with various things in them – usually served cold – kind of like a giant pancake cookie thing) and a gatorade, I grabbed the hour boat tour.

For the next hour, we went out on the harbor, cruised past the maritime museum and then up a few of the canals. Yes, we went back past the Anne Frank House, (the line now was much longer than when I was there) and then back to the main train station. I took a few photographs, but I’m not sure how they’ll come out due to the movement of the boat and reflections off the water.

From there, I headed back to the train station and subsequently to the airport – to continue my journey… to Glasgow.

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