Amsterdam Netherlands

Much thanks to BB for these Amsterdam Pictures

BB (an "irregular" Forum participant) sent me these photos from his October trip, and he was such a nice guy he sent these descriptions too. Towards end he admits that his wife took these pics ;>)

The Museumplein Hill. It is actually an entrance to an Albert Hein Supermarket, you can barely make out the blue lettering just above the head of the guy in the yellow jacket in the foreground. It was a fairly big Hein too, they were having a huge champagne sale. The hill itself is pretty cool, you can climb up top for a great view of the Museumplein lawn, and the museums themselves.
NOTE FROM JIM, this is the closest they get to a hill in Amsterdam, except for the hill in the Amsterdamse Bos (man made forest South of town. The cool building in the background is the Stedlijk museum.

Wood facade on Amsterdam House The canal house with the cool woodwork. This house can be found along the Seven Bridges view. This view is between Vijzelstraat and Utrechtestraat just below Rembrantplein. This house has some really cool woodwork on its facade.

The Waag, Amsterdam, Holland
The Waag. The Waag is actually the buildings at the end of the Kloveniersburgwal canal. It was originally built in 1487 as the Sint Antoniespoort City Gate. It was later used as the Weigh House (De Waag), and housed trade guilds on it's second floor. Nowadays it's a trendy (read expensive) cafe located at Nieuwemarket #4

Boat and shadows .
The boats, this was just a cool shot that popped up due to the excellent lighting. The boats are at the bottom of the Amstel, looking out towards the direction of the Munt. There is actually a guy on the end of the boat at the top othe picture, but you can hardly make him out.
.. Zuidkerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Zuiderkerk, located one canal over from the Waag towards the Waterlooplein Market at the end of the Groenburgwal. What more can you ask for, a canal, a church tower, and foliage!

Flowers from the floating flower market on the Singel in Amsterdam
Flowers - the wife loves flowers, and they make for a a nice photo opp. These were from the first stand on the Singel "Floating" Flower market off of Vijzelstraat. it is where we usually buy our fresh flowers while in Amsterdam. The people are nice and the flowers are of excellent quality.

Pozenboot cat in Amsterdam
The Fat Pozenboot Cat - The original Pozenboot (opposite #40 Single) was under renovation, they had some of the cats temporarily housed in a boat opposite #20. There were about a dozen cats there. The Pozenboot is a shelter, where they try and raise money to help neuter/spay as many stray cats as possible, and keep them healthy, along with provide a safe place to live. They rely almost exclusively on donations to keep things running. This was the fattest cat we've ever seen, especially in Amsterdam where they do grow them big. The wife is a cat lady, and it was a little bizzare to meet up with cat ladies from around the world at the Pozenboot (along with several Cat Lady Husbands like myself). If you are in the neighborhood stop by and check them out. They are only open from 1pm to 4pm or thereabouts.