And back to Paris…

We didn’t have to leave Amsterdam until 3:15 in the afternoon, so today we went to the Van Gogh Museum which is only a few blocks from our hotel. It opened at 10 so we took our time a little to get going for the day, storing our luggage in the hotel luggage room because check out time it 11:00.

Couldn't take any pictures here either

The museum is very well done….lots of Van Gogh pieces (all except Starry Night which I know see, has been at the Museum of Modern Art in NY city since 1941). Other painters who influenced and were friends with Van Gogh were exhibited also….Toulouse Lautrec, Monet, Manet and others. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but near the end I was getting really tired and overwhelmed…..I think I am ready to have a couple of days off!!!

We stopped at a couple of souvenir stores looking for some extra bags that zip to take on the plane….I know I brought too many clothes and have been really good about not buying to much stuff to take back….but I need a little more room for “stuff.”

We went back to the hotel to get our luggage and to rearrange everything, then went to the train station….we had plenty of time and Sheryl and Paul walked around and took some more pictures and I sat an people watched.

We had a really nice train coming home….back to the first class with a bit of food and free beverages and a bonus….wifi. I used the time to catch up on the blogs so that they were ready to put on the page and add links and pictures. Sheryl used her Ipad to take a video of the scenery of the Netherlands and Belgium as we sped through it and also a video of her big sister blogging as she commentated….she wants me to put it on the blog, but I thank god I don’t know how to do that!!! (if you know don't tell me!)

We think there is a lot of greenhouses in Ladner....there are miles of them in the Netherlands

The train was one of the fast ones but it was a little late so by the time we got back to the house with a few things for supper, it was after 8:00...tomorrow a relax day....last day before we go home.