Kilometres Walked : 11km

Saturday 15th April, 2023.

After a slow start we sipped our coffee whilst watching the city start to wake up. Not to many people are early risers in Amsterdam. Noticing a market being set up in the next square, we set off to investigate 🫒🧀🌷 And what mouthwatering delights we found😋

We delved back into the Art world next, heading to The Rijks Museum, most famous for it’s Rembrandt collection. With a beautiful big blue sky above us we wandered around the gardens first and enjoyed a coffee & sandwich whilst sitting in the sunshine watching the big kids play in the water feature 😆

‘The Nightwatch’ Rembrandt’s largest and very famous painting wasn’t quite what we expected. Whilst very large and slightly impressive, the feeling we got when we saw it was just like going to The Lourve and seeing ‘The Mona Lisa’. “Is that it” 😳 To top it off it is currently being restored, so there are huge glass walls surrounding it and the frame has been taken off. Anyway moving on. We then set off in search for the two Vermeer’s which are usually on permanent display only to discover that they had been removed for the Vermeer Exhibition in the next building ☹️ ( which has been sold out for weeks) There were some other lovely pieces in the gallery including several more Rembrandt’s. Whilst he isn’t really my cup of tea his attention to detail on some of his portraits is very good. I can’t say we were really into much more of the Art on display but luckily found the extra exhibits downstairs which included Armoury, Delft, China, Porcelain, Jewellery, Beautiful Detailed Cabinets and Timber Ships.