Jun 11, 2012 | Written by Patricia Murphy

Day 3: Amsterdam

The two highlights of our day in Amsterdam included words with too few vowels. But we managed to enjoy them anyway.

But first, John and I slept until 9:30 am, which most of you know is about 4.5 hours later than we normally sleep. In fact, we were snoozing away when Larry called and woke us up to say we better come down for breakfast. And so we did. Then we walked to the Rijksmuseum. I really enjoyed seeing a group of elementary school children viewing the Rembrandt display.

Children Viewing Rembrandt

The second highlight of the day was our dinner of Rijsttafel, or our Rice Table dinner. This is an Indonesian feast adapted by the Dutch and it includes many courses of delicious tasty food including curries, meats, and vegetables.

Rijsttafel

And one off the map attraction was, you guessed it, Amsterdam Cats. There were so many pretty kitties. I really liked this one who stared down on us from his window perch.

Amsterdam Cat