A few days in Amsterdam

It's been a frantic few days! I meant to post bite sized chunks of our trip as we went along but only found time to sort through the huge amounts of photos on the train journey to Brussels today (where there was no internet to upload hence why it's so late on now that we're settled into our Belgian apartment). David is keeping a holiday journal so I asked him to help me bullet point what we've been up to... turns out a lot so far! There isn't photos for everything but you get the idea.

1. arrived in Amsterdam. 2. explored Jordaan (we stayed in De Pijp last time). 3. had pizza at Da Portare Via. 4. Walked into town as it got dark. 

5. Wandered around Haarlemmerdijk filled with boutiques. 6. headed to the Museumsplein and came across a vintage market. 7. Museumsplein had a festival of culture on “Uit Markt”. 8. frites mit fritesaus for brunch. 9. House of Bols with cocktails and new honey liqueur! 10. Saw our old holiday neighbourhood and bumped into a food market. 11. headed back into town via the Carrousel pancake house where we had hot chocolate and poffertjes. 12. found a nice patisserie and had my first macaroon of the trip – aardbei. 13. bumped into a David Bowie/Brian Duffy photography exhibition at Foam photo gallery. 14. coffee stop on the way back to apartment. 15. vintage shopping – so many shops to choose from! 16. pizza from La Perla for tea – best we've had since Naples last year. 17. another night time stroll. 

18. unexpected flea market on our way to another market, lots of vintage postcards. 19. Waterlooplein market. 20. reunited with Nilis handmade t-shirts where david bought himself three. 21. accidentally bartered a bargain deal for three time themed necklaces. 22. lunch at the Het Houten Huis, favourite cafe from last trip to Amsterdam. 23. bought more from Haarlemmerdijk boutiques, dutch apple pie teas and praline hot chocolate sticks. 24. more pizza for tea at La Perla. 25. Italian ice creams for after! 26. one last stroll in town. 27. Maoz frites for the late walk home. 28. a quick drink at our local – Jillz for me! 29. home via the rainbow fountains to pack to move on to the next stop...