Dam Square is quiet on Sunday Morning.
Church was at the English Reformed Church, located in the Begijnhof. It's always amazing to think of worshiping with a body of believers who have been using this building since 1607.
We passed this shop as we walked towards Amsterdam Centraal to catch the ferry. I had to take a picture!
The free ferries to North Amsterdam leave from the back side of Centraal - not nearly as pretty as this side.
The ferries are for pedestrians, bicyclists and scooters only (oh, and you can also bring on a very small Dutch 2 seater car).
The object of this journey across the River Ij was Ij-Hallen. A monthly flea market of about 750 booths that happens in a pair of amazing former industrial buildings.
I may have been more fascinated by the quirky building details than by what was for sale. We bought only one table knife that caught Linda's eye, but it was great fun to look at all the stuff. I kept surveying the tables of books for Harry Potter in Dutch. If we lived there it would have been a very dangerous place to visit!
I have no idea why this submarine is tied up in the harbor near Ij-Hallen, or who is paying the mooring fees to keep it there, but it seemed to fit with the funky experience of the flea market. (Okay, I cheated and looked it up here.)
The was a bubble party going on at the entrance to the to the metro.
No visit to the Netherlands is complete with out Pannenkoeken at Pannenkoekenhuys Oudt Leyden so that's where we headed for dinner.
Leiden at night.
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