Amsterdam Final Day

Today was our last day in Amsterdam. We did the museum thing and visited the Amsterdam Historical Museum and the Anne Frank House.

The Amsterdam Historical Museum was very interesting as it mixed a blend of paintings with the cultural side of things as well as a lot of archaeological displays with artifacts from 1000 years ago to modern times. I would recommend this museum to anyone who is not interested in pure art museums (as I am not).

Later in the day, we decided that since we had some free time we would visit the Anne Frank House. It was quite a moving place with it\s empty rooms and quotes painted on the walls. It was hard to think that so many people hid from the Nazis for so many years in such a small place. It is worth a visit, especially since it costs so little and means so much. As well, down the street is the Homo Monument that is dedicated to all gay people who have faced oppression in the past. It is 3 large pink triangles embedded in the ground. Today someone had placed flowers on the one by the canal.

Tomorrow we are traveling to Bacharach on the Rhine in Germany, so hopefully we can find internet and update the blog when we get there!