Well it was the last day of the city passes we bought yesterday so we had to get the most use out of our purchase.
We started the day at the Church of Our Lord in the Attic which is a Catholic
Fireplace from the church
church created about 350 years ago when Catholicism was banned in Holland. It’s a 17th century town house that has been altered to create a massive chapel that truly is bigger that you’d ever imagine and you would never know it from the street as it still looks like a townhouse from the outside. Although it is under renovation for the next few years it was still amazing to see.
We then travelled to one of the oldest Botanical Gardens in the world, created in 1638 and contains over 4000 plant species and has greenhouses with 6 different climates. I have put a few pictures here to show you, but I think I took over 100 here (insert joke)! As
Butterfly from the Gardens
a side note here, we did see the biggest pigeon ever (in our minds anyways)… it actually looked as though it had eaten another pigeon all together… HUGE!
We then travelled through the Foam museum of photography. They had 3 very well known photographers
Flower from the gardens
presenting their best pieces here with most of the shots coming from a few very prestigious magazines. There were some very interesting shots.
After that we did some shopping as I realized this morning that a few pieces of clothing that I was supposed to bring along for Kenya are still
Flowers from the gardens
in my dryer at home… (yet another blonde moment) so I’ll need to replace those before I go.
Tomorrow I think we are going to get on a few bikes and travel into the countryside to go windmill spotting.
Until then!
Lily from the gardens