Another trip, less of an adventure than city tours. A break from walking and hiking.

Just a great view of the physics of the newly “photographed” black hole. Now back to regular programming.

Easy to fall in love, again, with Amsterdam. Dutch dinner (Tomaz). Tulip season, just walking along the canals one sees pots of them. Night time pic but still ok.

Tomaz was described as a typical Dutch restaurant. We would have called it closer to a pub. More pages of drinks and beers than of food, a friendly bar. Menu solid but not exciting. Perfect for tired Boogs.

Planned an easy first day, getting over jet lag and orienting ourselves. Rembrandt exhibit, no surprise, at the Rijksmuseum. Don, via a business friend recommended a dinner place as typical good Dutch. Reservations secured.

Museum exhibit 60 drawings, 3000 prints, with 22paintings. His 350th anniversary.Impressive if you like his drawings. QB certainly did. Interesting items in other parts of the museum: weeping statues, master and commander type ship, honor gallery with Night Watch, delft ware.

Lots of wandering around the city, did about 8 miles today including dinner walk.

View from hotel room window

Dinner at Blau an W, the one via Don’s business friend. In the red light district, tucked away in a 16 th century old spice house. No menu, someone sits down with you and tells you the courses available. There were six courses offered, we choose to have only four. The best was a neck of lamb in a madira sauce. Also excellent was the seared tuna with a kohlrabi sauce with lightly breaded mussels.

No beer except Heineken in a bottle. Very friendly place.

Server sat down to chat with us about the history of the building and then the neighborhood, weed business in Amsterdam, CBD business …

Tomorrow the cheese market.

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