Amsterdam

After our week at De Eemhof we spent a couple nights in the city of Amsterdam.  We had had wonderful weather the whole trip and felt that all the rain gear we had packed was going to waste, well the few days in Amsterdam changed that. 

It rained on us the whole time which made actually seeing the city a little tricky.  We did do a canal trip in the rain which was a dry way to get around the city but we didn't see very much through the foggy windows. 

At the end of the tour it cleared up just enough to get a view from the back of the boat. 

We tried to go see the Van Gogh museum but the kids were hungry and tired so we changed plans and ended up at the Hard Rock cafe. 

Since traveling with kids we've really come to appreciate those American family restaurants that are in every city and provide a reliable source of kid gear like high chairs, chicken nuggets, balloons, and coloring kits.  We headed back to the room to get the naps in and after the boys went to sleep I ventured back to the museum alone.  Later that afternoon we spent some time walking through the park and doing some interesting people watching - there are certainly all types who end up in Amsterdam.  It cleared up enough for us to have dinner outside. 

After a good dose of rain we felt like our trip was complete and loaded up all our stuff to get back on the plane.