Second Batch of Amsterdam Photos

Every so often the blog loads the photos backwards, so the last photo is shown first.  No idea why this happens, but here it went again!

Church clock tower near

Anne Frank's house.

House built by a Copper

Mill owner in 1746.

A new statue with no information

on the pedestal.  But the houses

in the back look cool, so I

added this photo.

The other wooden house still

surviving in Amsterdam.

Begijnhof.  I will let Wikipedia give the background:

The Begijnhof (" Beguinage ") is a complex of 164 dwellings ^[1] , built between the 15th and 18th centuries , located in the western part of central Amsterdam .

The place - as the name suggests - is a former beguinage , founded in 1346 by a brotherhood of beguines (women who had not taken vows, but dedicated their lives to assisting the sick and the elderly ^[2] ) from the surrounding area of the Dutch capital ^[3] , and is the oldest of the hofjes ("small courtyards") of the city ^[4] . Today, however, it is mostly inhabited by elderly ladies with little financial resources and by students, attracted by the favorable conditions of the rents ^[2] ; the last beguine lived there until 1976 ^[5] .

This musical contraption brought a lump to

Bart's throat as it reminded him of his youth. 

Equestrian statue of Queen Wilhelmina.

She is held in high regard, but so high

that she can't wear a traffic cone.

A secluded entrance to a bank, so neighbors

wouldn't see who is getting a loan.

Also above the bank entrance.

Cafes line the canals.

Carol and Bart.

The cool Dutch East India Company courtyard.

Narrowest house in Amsterdam.

The old city walls/a main gate.

The city quickly spread

beyond the walls.