Amsterdam, the rest of the story

This may be short as we are now in Bacharach, Germany and must catch a 9.26 train. After our last post, we took a tram to visit this amazing little musuem called Our Lord of the Attic. After we got off the tram we had a bit of a walk, and all of a sudden in this window a woman wearing next-to-nothing was looking out at us. I tripped and then nudged Jason to look. We realized that the building was full of these window women, and that we were in the infamous Red Light District. It was quite odd, and I tried not to stare but when we saw several men go proposition these ladies, it was too much.

Back to our original purpose. Catholics were not allowed to practice their faith after the country became Protestant, so this wealthy man built a chapel in the top of his house. It really was quite beautiful. It even had an organ!

From there we went to the Dutch Resistance Museum. We had about 20 minutes to view what should have taken over an hour. We were both very impressed with the Dutch attempts at fighting the Nazis, and as we left we both decided it would be nice to come back to this great city and spend more time learning its history.

Dinner at delicious Cafe Restaurant de Reiger followed, where we met a couple from D.C. with a Rick Steves book in tow. They spend every Christmas in Sun Valley, so we all felt a connection. Before leaving, we gave them our Museum Cards as they are good for a year. The gesture was much appreciated, and we felt good helping out fellow followers of Rick.

Our last official stop was the Anne Frank House. I cannot really put into words how moving of an experience it was, but I am glad we went and would put it on the top of any itinerary.

I must go now, but I must tell family that we have yet to purchase phone cards, and I must tell dear Marissa and Nick that we have yet to figure out how to upload pictures. And for any students out there, I have been thinking of you and plan on sending postcards soon. More later on our German castle adventures!