This past weekend may have been one of the most perfect in Amsterdam in my near two years here. Want to know what one does on such a sunny, warm, beautiful weekend in this city? Let me show and tell.
Saturday, being the only day I can get shopping done due to opening hours in this city, was consumed most of the morning and early afternoon by errands. But in the afternoon I met a friend to check off one of my long standing Amsterdam to-do’s – drinking a beer on the terrace of Browerij ‘t IJ – a brewery on the river IJ (as the name, once translated would suggest) that is also a windmill. How much more Dutch can you get than that?
Sunday, when all the shops are closed and there’s nothing to do but enjoy life, I spent almost all day outside. First, was a blanket and a book at the park followed by an afternoon slowly cruising the canals on a boat. In between I saw a bunch of people huddled on a bridge looking out to the water and realized I was just in time to see a charity swim in the canals. You couldn’t pay me to put my face in that water…
Amsterdam + Sunshine + Friends = Heaven
Rachel (was) in Amsterdam 
Amsterdam + Sunshine + Friends = Heaven
Cannot agree more, Rachel!!
Oh my word, reading this makes me miss Amsterdam – in a good way…!!
It was a gorgeous weekend, all brilliant sunshine and lovely weather, wasn’t it?! We spent much of it outside as well. Love the cafe culture 😉
IT really was a weekend of perfect weather. We might not have got much sun over the whole summer but there were some really good weekends here and there.