Category: Amsterdam

The Prinsengracht is one of Amsterdam’s most beautiful canals. This (slightly HDR) photo show different types of houseboats, including converted barges. The one on the right-hand side in the …

The other day we had dinner with a couple of friends. Afterward the four of use walked to Café Papeneiland for a nightcap. In business since 1642, this very …

The Brouwersgracht is regularly voted to be Amsterdam's most beautiful street

Pastry shop Arnold Cornelis, in Amsterdam’s Jordaan district, is housed in a shop that dates back to the 18th century. You’ll find many of these type of storefronts in …

I love days that start like this. For some reason a sunrise like this always reminds me that God says his compassions are new every morning:

Whenever the weather permits thousands of Amsterdammers take to the canals, sailing in anything from sloops to yachts, and from army vessels to wooden shoes.

Sailing across the IJ river behind Amsterdam’s Central Station we saw the Arctic Sunrise, one of several Greenpeace vessels stationed here. Update, September, 2013: In an act of piracy, …

Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, as seen from the Raadhuistraat. And the other way around.