Some random toughts on interesting things we have seen lately...
Amsterdammers (or is it Amsterdamites?) will do anything they can to grow grass (no pun intended!)....
This lovely houseboat is painted in a unique peeled paint green color. It offers a spacious living area, canal view, and roof lawn. No football playing allowed! Yep, someone is growing grass on the roof!
Making use of all possible space, this house has a roof garden that looks like the plants took over!
This is MY bench and you can't have it!
Bikes are the major mode of transportation here. You have to have a bike to get to work, school, etc. Unfortunately there are many bike thefts. Some people even steal them and then resell them! So many bikers decorate their bikes in dreadful colors - bright neon color combinations, spray painted with stripes and dots - some even adorn their bikes with outrageous amounts of fake flowers! So maybe this guy is thinking that if his car is ugly no one will want to steal it?
I find it very interesting to watch the construction and moving process here. Since land is scarce, everything was built UP - as a result Dutch houses are very tall and narrow, with steep winding staircases. Each house has a large hook on the gable that is used with a pulley system to move large objects up and in through the large windows. Smaller moving boxes are packed into a large metal box and then hoisted up.
Jagger loves the Chinese restaurant across the street from where we are staying now. The restaurant lobby has beautiful marble floors and walls and is adorned with golden Buddha statues. The Koi fish pond has some of the biggest fish I have ever seen and the spiral, open-backed staircase winds above the pond so you can watch the fish as you climb the stairs!
Jagger enjoys counting the fish, naming their colors, giving them names, and deciding if they are male or female!
"Mom! I don't know how my hand got wet!"
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