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June 13, 2007 - Amsterdam The Pulitzer Hotel faces this canal where cars are parked and a narrow street for driving and a narrow sidewalk (often missing) compete for space. Bicycles are everywhere and manouver around cars and onto sidewalks at will. |
 Bicycles are parked everywhere. |
 Down the street from the hotel is Westerkirk (West Church) across the street from Anne Frank's house. |
 The keystone above the door was once the method used to identify a home. Street numbers were not assigned to homes for many years. |
 One of the more elaborate houseboats. The canals are often used to park boats and barges. From observation, it appears that boats have an assigned space. |
 Westerkirk |
 Westerkirk tower. |
 Decoration on a home. |
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 A wide canal with boats parked on both sides. |
 Tables used by a cafe/bar await sunshine when they will be set up. |
 The Tulip Museum. |
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 People line up to visit Anne Frank's house. I read her unexpurgated diary a few years ago and was not willing to go through the emotional anguish that a visit to the house would have triggered. |
 Here you can see sidewalk and street separated by the metal pylons. |
 This house comes to a very acute angle at the corner. |
 This canal has docked boats on only one side. |
 Note that at the top of every home there is a hook which is used to lift heavy objects (furniture, pianos, etc.) into the upper floors. |
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