Netherlands - Amsterdam

"In Amsterdam the water is the mistress and the land the vassal.

Throughout the city there are as many canals and drawbridges

as bracelets on a Gypsy's bronzed arms."

(Felix Marti-Ibanez)

 

 

-The tulip has come to be a loved symbol of the Netherlands. The Tulip was originally a wild flower, growing in Central Asia. It was first cultivated by the Turks and was introduced in Western Europe and the Netherlands in the 17th century.-

-Madame Tussauds-

 -the top of royal palace-

-Amsterdam is one of the most bicycle-friendly large cities in the world.-

 

-Dutch traditional raw fish herring with onions.-  

 -statue of Rembrandt Van Rijn; Anne Frank House-

 

"Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. 

I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; 

it had never entered my mind that 

I should find similar conditions in a Dutch town."
(James Weldon Johnson)

Tanja V.