Watching the photographs taken during my past four days in Amsterdam with my sister, I realized how much green and red are two predominant colors in the city. From the water of its channels and the window shutters, the bicycles and the flowers with whom the city is filled, to the colors of the mills in the surrounding countryside, is very easy to find spots of various shades of these two colors.
So I decided to open the post with a photo gallery of matching shades.
Unfortunately weather was not particularly gracious, but I must say that the need to stop to get into some local or store protected from sudden rains, gave me the opportunity to realize the beautiful windows and shops around town. They sell cheeses, desserts of all kinds and flowers. And they colorful open to passersby, while cafes and restaurants tastefully decorated, sprout around every corner … I realized, to my satisfaction, that the style raw and clean and made of wood pallets, walls of brick and pieces of recovery is very fashionable in town.
Again I have not denied: in all, apart from the museums and wandering aimlessly through the narrow streets along the countless canals enjoying the typical architecture, I loved very much the markets. That in De Pijp, the flea market behind Waterloo Place, from Jordaan to that of flowers, we made a feast of stalls….and a lot of kilometers!
Four days poor and a long way to walk to have pain in the legs, back with a piece of luggage also made of emotions. Emotions that ranged from pathos along the way (not only physical) in the museum house of Anne Frank, the wonder in front of the original (some never really seen) by Van Gogh, with curiosity and amazement among the red light district and coffee shops. And there have been bits of criticism…but this is not the place to talk about it. I prefer to close with a few glimpses of the beautiful city, which like many European cities is made of contrasts and contradictions, but carries a story in front of which is impossible, however, remain unimpressed.
