Eliot's Travels

Amsterdam

This was our only day to sightsee with Jim while his parents were visiting, so we decided to head to Amsterdam. We walked along the harbor and caught some nice scenes along the water. The Stedlijk is closed for rennovation, but we found its temporary location along our walk. Since our museum cards let us in for free, we went inside. There was a small special exhibit on airplanes in the bottom floor. It had some interesting models of airports (Dulles, Schiphol), airport benches across the decades, and flight attendant uniforms from the 1960s to present across various airlines. The boys enjoyed a blow-up plane (thanks to ABN Amro) to play with while we were in the museum.

The art exhibit did not have of the art we expected - Monet, Gaugin, others. Those have been dished out to other museums during the rennovation. The exhibit focused on art since the 1960s, including a bunch of contemporary art pieces. Highlights included: candy on the floor in a pattern, gigantic pipe-cleaner-like pink tubes (a large room), and the performance artist hugging the wall. Not quite our style, so we moved on toward our intended destination - Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum.

Walking along the harbor by the museum we saw some interesting old boats, like the Anna Sophia steamer. The NEMO science museum is the green building shaped like a boat. It had this really cool upper deck with cascading staircase that is turned into a beach party in the summer. Miles gives Eliot a push in the stroller as we near the museum.

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