Last Day in Amsterdam 😪

No sleeping in Amsterdam! Up early to hit the Rijksmuseum. The audio tours were down so we were a bit on our own today. We saw the highlights almost had a Deja vu of losing a kid (Hudson) like we did in Cinderella’s castle this past summer (Elliot). He somehow worked out how to find a restroom 2 floors down. We spent about 2 hours there (enjoying the museum, not looking for H) and went off in search of a fabulous Indonesian lunch (Indonesia = Netherlands like India=England). We found a great spot and Tige, H and I had a rice table that included 12 delicious meat/fish/veg dishes. Other kiddos had a bright, brothy chicken soup.
So yummy! Happy they let me go for it. Next we went through the bloomenmarket and saw so many flowers, and souvenirs. We crossed off the magnets and wooden shoe items and headed to try the delicious homemade Stroopwafels. Two thin waffles with caramel between, dipped in chocolate and Oreo, caramel cubes, blueberries. They made them fresh in front of you which was pretty cool. We tried them all and all were delicious. Next we shopped around the 9 streets and headed eventually to Vondelpark. Imagine the first 75 degree day in any cold midwestern city. Everyone outside on blankets and playing and enjoying the day. Found a sweet playground, did a crossword and had some Heinekens and relaxed. We went back to a yummy Mediterranean place we saw yesterday for dinner and walked back and packed up. Headed back tomorrow very early, need to be in the Uber at 5am.Read more