Hi everybody!
Each year in August the Gay Pride Parade takes place in Amsterdam on one of the principle canals, the Prinsengracht. We take out little boat out with our landlord, Rob, and some of his friends and tie up along the side with canal to ...
... of her ordeal. It all started on July 6, 1942 when Anne and her family took up residence in the building on the Prinsengracht. Later, a few other people would join them. After 2 years and 1 month on August 4, 1944, the German Security Police received an ...
... ' I guess).
'Them' is us.
'Them' is you.
'Them' is me.
So, as I walked back along the Prinsengracht on a beautiful sunny day I made a resolution.
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Resolution: When I get back (to whatever life it is I return to) ...
... get ready to head to the airport for our flight to London (fingers crossed it doesnt get cancelled). All said and done, I found Amsterdam culture quite fascinating and despite having to go through hours of driving I am glad we made it. With a big thanks ...
... down to Leidsplein and bought a Museumkaart. It was another good deal - only $45 Euros to get into most of the museums in Amsterdam and the Netherlands. One museum costs about $15 Euros for admittance, so if I go to three it will pay off. After that I ...
... in addition to the Amstel River, the fundamental waterway the city is built on – Keizersgracht (The Emperor's Canal), Prinsengracht (The Princes’s Canal) and Herengracht (The Gentleman’s Canal). Our cruise started at the railway station ...
... that it is on the water. Thousands of people lined the canals and bridges to watch the extremely colorful boats cruise the Prinsengracht canal for about 3 hours (Picture 46). It was a great parade. I love the one in Chicago and similarly, loved the ...
... Jordaan, a neighborhood in city center, again on bikes. The Joordan was packed with people. The corner of the Brouwersgracht and the Prinsengracht has 3 or 4 bars on it. Nobody was in any of the bars. Instead, there was about 1,000 people (maybe more) ...
... to pass along a few of our photos from the Amsterdam Gay Pride Parade. This is a parade that went via the Prinsengracht canal around the entire city center of Amsterdam--probably several miles. It lasted all afternoon and was crazy the entire ...
... in the world, something like 200 paintings as well as 700 letters, mostly written to his brother Theo. At 163 Prinsengracht we walked up the steep staircase at Anne Frank Huis museum. We saw the bookshelf (reconstructed) which hid the ...