One of the best parts of traveling is all the new foods and restaurants one gets to sample. In Amsterdam two restaurants in particular stood out. The first was a place called Moeders (mothers) that served traditional Dutch food. The singular thing about Moeders was not the food, but the fact that the walls were crammed from floor to ceiling with framed pictures of peoples mothers. Old, young, some naked, mothers of all shapes and sizes gazed down at us from the walls and made sure that we ate all our vegetables. The second restaurant, Cinema Paradiso, was an old movie theater that had been converted into an Italian Restaurant. We ate amazing food (gnocchi!), while watching a strange sci-fi movie staring Bruce Willis. Between the food and the movie we ended up wiling away more then three hours.
Beside food, museums are another major plus of traveling. In Amsterdam we visited the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. While it was nice to see actual Van Gogh's, my favorite painting was Vermeer's "The Kitchen Maid" in the Rijksmuseum. The scene was so tranquil that it seemed to bring peace to that corner of the crowded museum.
Amsterdam was absolutely lovely, but after five days we were ready for our next destination... the Dutch countryside.
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