Amsterdam in vignette: Albert Cuypstraat Market

The Albert Cuyp market is a menagerie at this time of day, bustling crowds zigzagging this way and that across the narrow street, ricocheting like pinballs between the covered stalls' various delights.  

Amsterdam in vignette: Bicyclists

"When you're on two wheels in Amsterdam," our bike guide had said, "You're immediately higher up in the food chain."

Amsterdam Picture Post #2: Exploring the city, the Flower Market, and the Jordaan

Peeking out the window of our B&B near Utrechtsestraat; bicyclists bustle past as part of the morning commute, clattering over cobblestones.

Amsterdam Picture Post #1: The Rijksmuseum

In October, we spent a week in Amsterdam after our time in Germany. It's a magical, romantic, and beautiful city, from the peaceful tree-lined canals to the bustling bicycle rush hour.

We stayed in a classic Amsterdam rowhome B&B - tall and narrow.  The stairs were so daunting that I turned around backwards and descended them like a ladder each morning.