Hermitage
September 17th, 2011 , 14:45
No alarm this morning but awake around 7am anyway. Up and breakfast, then into town dithering about what to do first. Found the post office, then off to the Hermitage, deciding to do the train station later.
The Hermitage Amsterdam was doing a Rubens, Van Dyck, & Jordaens show, which just opened today. The previous one was Russian religious icons, so we decided I’d rather see Flemish works. For the first day and a Saturday it was relatively empty and we got a good view of all the paintings. The Hermitage is two main galleries which do special shows – so when you go in you see what they have on and a small section with the history of the building and the old chapel. But it means one show can close and the next open the very next day. The current show is very good.
When we came out of the Hermitage there was a bus floating in the Amstel! It was a Floating Dutchman tour, but it did look odd. So Joe stopped for photos. We also got to watch the bridges open.
We then walked along the Amstel for a short while and stopped for a sandwich and drink – just as it started to rain. Looks like rain off and on for the rest of the day. Then a slow stroll back to the hotel doing a little bit of shopping and looking at things. A bit tired!
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