We took a canal cruise today. Unfortunately, it was very hard to see much because of the snow we had. The glass window on the boat fogged up and the top was covered in snow. But we did get some historical narration about the city.
We started the day with brunch.... Dutch pannekoeken (pancakes). They are somewhere between a crepe and pancake. What was really strange is that they will also serve them with the same ingredients you get in omelets. Believe it or not, I enjoyed the "savory" ones that have the meat, cheese and mushroom.
We also went to our first museum, the Rijksmuseum. Here we saw artifacts of Dutch history, paintings and a skull with over 8000 diamonds. We also saw the 2nd most noted painting (next to "The Mona Lisa"), Rembrandt's "Night Visitor". Talk about a HUGE canvas.
Did I mention we saw snow? Oh yea, ever since Lisa and Alex got here, it has snowed every day. No accumulation, but very heavy at times.
We had a Dutch Kroeketten today. It is an appetizer generally that is made from a thickened meat broth, seasoned and battered and fried. Very good I must say. I have a recipe and will try to recreate back home. I can only hope it tastes as good.
This blog would be much better if Lisa was not looking over my shoulder and making me type what you are reading. But, what can I say, she is woman and hear her roar. :-) This is my blog and I am sticking with it. LOL
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I can see you guys giggling over the computer fighting over the keyboard! Looks awesome! We can't wait for new posts so we can see pictures! Daniel and I love sitting down to see where you've been. Great idea to do the blog, really, this is awesome!
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