just another morning here

Most of our day was very lazy; we helped a caravan squeeze into the plot beside us, and lay around reading, playing DS & card games, and eating snacky food from the campsite shop.

Mid-afternoon we got ready and took the tram into Amsterdam all the way to the Westerkerk and Anne Frank’s house. Wandered around the surrounding streets for a while as we were a bit early; we had planned to climb the Westerkerk tower but ended up with not enough time to fit it in before Anne Frank (plus it was expensive!) so we abandoned that plan. Steve and Josiah went off in search of a toilet so the girls and I ended up in the Amsterdam Tulip Museum where we were sucked in like real tourists and bought some bulbs for presents and our own garden.

We were very glad to have booked online as there was an absolutely massive queue for Anne Frank’s house. We skipped the line and took our printed tickets straight into the museum. Steve and I agreed that it was very moving, and I thought it was presented really well too. I had re-read Anne’s diary recently so I particularly enjoyed seeing the house, if it is possible to enjoy something that is essentially a tragic story.

We had dinner in an Italian restaurant just opposite the Westerkerk, which was very nice, then took the tram back to the campsite.