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When we lived in Philadelhia there was a great flower market that I passed on my way to work depending on the route that I took. I would often stop on my way home and pick up flowers for the house. In Amsterdam the flower market was amazing. The colors were stunning and the assortment was mind blowing. Stuck in the suburbs, one often craves a nice flower market!

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Boat rides on the canal are a popular attraction in Amsterdam, but not my cup of tea. I am much happier sitting outside watching the over crowded boats go by. Needless to say we did not take a canal ride.

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It is hard to believe that we just got back one week ago, it feels like it was a lifetime ago. While we where there we started to plan our next trip, which if we keep up our current rate of travel will be in exactly ten years (I hope not!).

happy mother's day

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During our stay we rented bikes for two of the days. The city is very bike friendly and it helped us cover almost the whole city. I had the best bike, a green cruiser with tulips, I was wishing that I could take it home.

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The arhitecture of Amsterdam is amazing. Like most of the other european cities that I have been to it is hard to compare it to anything that we have here in the states.

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After almost missing our flight to Amsterdam the rest of the weekends was stress free and lots of fun. We ate tons of great food, walked forever and rode rode bikes all over the city.