Caitlin and I arrived in Caitlin late Monday night. We stayed at The Crooked House (above), a great little hostel in the southern canal area. Tuesday we wandered around the city and met up with my friend Laura from Stanford. On Wednesday we went to The Rijksmusem--the building itself is a piece of art. It was built by Pierre Cuypers, who also has exhibits in the museum. Most of the museum is actually under construction right now, but they moved the masterpieces to the section that is open. They have a great Rembrandt section--the most famous piece is below:
Wednesday evening we went to the Anne Frank museum, which was very sad and moving. I had been unable to see it my first time to Amsterdam and was glad to see it this trip.
On Thursday we went to the Van Gogh museum, which has over 200 paintings from the short-lived artist's life.
Next in our trip is a one day stop in London, before heading back to the States on Sunday.
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