Nieuw Bericht

That's dutch for "new post." Thankfully, in Amsterdam the blogger website looks the same, otherwise since it's all in dutch there would be no "nieuw bericht."

Having promised to blog more regularly now that my travels have begun, I begin with a bit about Amsterdam, on a bike, on a national holiday--ascension day.


This is my borrowed bike in front of some lovely graffiti...


...and this is me (bike in background).


Ascension day, btw, was yesterday; more explorations this afternoon:



A cat in a window--can you see him??




Gerber Daisies:


Possibly my favorite little street in the world, called "Kerkstraat" (church st):


The market:



Everyone's favorite neighborhood theatre costume store:



And last but not least, the Rijksmuseum:


More soon!