We woke early and went down to the hotel basement where we
were served a delicious full breakfast.
We then set out to walk to the Van Gogh museum for our timed
entry. It was a wet chilly day, but the
walk warmed us up.After spending a couple of hours enjoying the museum, we
walked to the Albert Cuyp market. We
love food markets and had never visited this one. We spent an
hour or so wandering around and G
bought his regular souvenir t-shirt. We
then stopped for lunch at the Café Bozz in the market. I had a delicious meal of Dutch croquettes
with bread. They tasted very much like
the Bitterballen that I had had on our last visit to Amsterdam. G had a Mexican wrap, which he enjoyed, but
as often happens, he regretted not ordering the same dish as me!
We spent the majority of the afternoon following Rick
Steve’s Jordaan walk from his app. The
Jordaan was a very pretty area and we enjoyed ourselves very much.
After returning the Banks Mansion we freshened up and had
pre-dinner drinks in the lounge
before catching an Uber to Lucius, a seafood
restaurant that we had also enjoyed on our last trip. Dinner was lovely and we both ate mixed
grilled fish, with mayonnaise, and sides of mashed potatoes and
vegetables. Dessert was a crème
brulee.
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