Amsterdam

We arrived in Amsterdam on the 13th. Today (the 16th) is our last full day here. The house we've rented is right in the centre of the city, so we've been able to walk around everywhere. In the past three days, we've spent a lot of time doing just that, walking along canals and in front of gorgeous buildings. On the 14th we visited the Albert Cuypmarket, took a canal cruise, and had Indonesian Rijsttafel for dinner. Yesterday we went to both the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum, then went to Rembrandt and Dam Square. We went to Anne Frank Haus this morning, then climbed the tower of the Westerkerk and spent the afternoon shopping in the Nine Streets of Negen Straatjes. 

Typical Amsterdam street, it`s a really beautiful city

Flower market

The Rijksmuseum had a temporary installation called Art as Therapy that involved little philosophical  
 blurbs beside certain works. This one, beside a four hundered year old linen cabinet, was my favourite.

Westerkerk (West Church) tower

Amsterdam from the top of Westerkerk. Anne Frank Haus bottom right

The Anne Frank Memorial

Iceland Days Four and Five

July 12

River at Thingveller

Photocreds to mother

Gunnuhvr geothermal vents

Iceland Day Three- Reykjavik

July 11

Kottur (cat)

Hallgrimskirkja Cathedral

Reykjavik from the roof of the cathedral

Boats in the Reykjavik harbour

Iceland Day Two- The Sea

July 10

Daisies on the beach

Seljalandsfoss waterfall

Shores of Dyrholaey

Iceland Day One- The Golden Circle

 July 9

 Thingveller National Park

With Katie at the Thingveller waterfall

The split between the continental plates- Europe on the right and North America on the left

The Icelandic flag at Law Rock, where Icelandic laws were made over a thousand years ago

Nineteenth Century Church on the park grounds

Geysir

Climbed a little Icelandic mountain

Explosion from one of the geysirs

Gulfoss Waterfall

Waterfall ft. parents

The Falls

The Big Plan

I leave on a flight to Iceland later tonight, here's what my next seven weeks look like!

July 7 Departure! Fly Edmonton --> Reykjavik

July 8 Arrive in Iceland

July 13 Iceland --> Amsterdam

July 17 Amsterdam --> Prague

July 20 Prague --> Budapest

July 23 Budapest --> Vienna

July 30 Vienna --> Hall

August 2 Hall --> Verona

August 6 Verona --> Venice

August 6 Board cruise in Venice

August 8 Dubrovnik

August 10 Athens

August 11 Ephesus

August 12 Mykonos

August 14 Naples/ Pompeii

August 15 Rome

August 16 Florence/ Pisa

August 17 Toulon

August 18 Cruise ends in Barcelona

August 22 Fly home, Barcelona --> Edmonton