Amsterdam: Day 2

Well, Peter said he intended to relax on this holiday.  I had no idea he meant staying in bed until nearly 10.00am.  I on the other hand got up at 7.00 after a fitful night under a mosquito net, convinced I was being bitten and half the night scratching and swatting and the other half trying to reclaim some duvet and stay out of the pit in the middle of the bed!   Apart from that...

Anyway, we eventually got out of the house and had a great rest of the morning sauntering around the neighbourhood and eyeing up the food shops and the dress shops and the 'antique' shops.   We made for Van Puffelin, a restaurant we've eaten at many times before but there were no tables outside and inside was very dark, which is fine at night but not so congenial during the day.  Instead we ate on the pavement outside a tiny Algerian cafe selling bowlfuls of delicious food.   

Then back to a supermarket for some essentials and the bread shop.  A short nap to make up for my early start and then a restoring cup of tea before going to the organic/expensive supermarket on the corner for supper:  Watercress, tomato and avocado salad followed by pan fried cod and new potatoes. 

Lots of 60s stuff

Cheese shop

Wooden bike outside a shop selling floorboards and jeans

Strange window display

The foam rubber shop - every city needs one

Mad tourists pedaling their own bus

Lunch!