July 23, 2015 - Amsterdam - Rijksmuseum & House of Bols

Today we once again went our separate ways.  Elaine & Fred did the Hop-on Hop-off bus and Roger and I headed to the Rijksmuseum.

Of course we couldn't go on an empty stomach so we stopped for a late breakfast. Roger went for an English breakfast and I had a traditional Dutch pancake.

 A submarine

 I have to say the little girl came out in me at this museum.  My Fisher-Price people would have loved living in this kitchen.

 If you haven't noticed I really like stained glass windows.

 And my Barbie's would have loved this house.  These were amazing!

 Roger remarked that the Library looked like it was from Harry Potter.

 This picture makes me smile.

 I don't like the bugs in this picture.

 I'll take one of these tea sets also, please.

So I have to say that I was very glad that I went with Roger to the Rijksmuseum it is probably my favorite art museum that I have visited.  It had so many other things to see besides paintings.

We came out and saw these boys playing in the water fountain.  They were having a great time.

 Of course you have to take a picture in front of the I Amsterdam.

 Then we walked over to the House of Bols and did the tour.

These were sniffers.  You would pump the air through so it would send out the smell of what was in the bottle.  The object is to see if you could figure out what flavor it was.  I only got a couple of them correct.  They had also had some tasting tests were you put some strips in your mouth.  One was how visually you taste things and the other was you smell how you taste.  I really wish I hadn't done that one as it was anise and when I unplugged my nose I could really taste it and I HATE black liquorice.

 This was the best part of the tour.  Included in the price of admission is one cocktail

 and two tastings.  I really liked the watermelon.

Can you believe we did not purchase anything?  It's only because we can buy it at home.

 After being on our feet for hours now we get to walk home.  

 At least the views are pretty and the weather is beautiful.

We actually met Elaine and Fred out on the road they were headed to the store to buy some milk but I had stopped at the store on the way back and bought some.  We dropped the milk off at the houseboat and then went to dinner at a Mexican food place on the corner and then walked to get some ice-cream.  As you can see Roger is in the pisser.