With them we did the typical Amsterdam stuff: Anne Frankhuis, The Van Gogh museum, beer and bitterballen in a brown café, and just strolling around the charming streets of this beautiful city.
This was the view from their hotel room:
It didn't take my dad long to realise how amazing Belgian beer is:
The weather was hot one day, and rained the next. I don't think we saw back-to-back clear days the whole time they were here.
This is how you move furniture in Amsterdam:
Ross & I left my parents in Amsterdam to come back to work and school. They stayed a couple extra days before coming to The Hague for the second leg of their holiday.
The weather here was terrible, and we ill-advised my parents to rent bikes while they were here. We thought it would be fun to ride to the Noordzee on bicycles. Yah, it's real fun to be on a bicycle while tiny pieces of razor-sharp hail are firing into your face.
But they found inside ways to keep them self busy, including the amazing Panorama Mesdag, the M.C. Escher museum, and a demonstration on how to make Delftware among other activities.
One night we went for rijstafel. Indonesian food is the best part of Dutch cuisine, so it's a definite must when visiting. Rijstafel is a feast of about 20 small sample dishes of spicy, sweet, and savory Indonesian delights that all come out at once. It's quite the meal (although maybe too spicy for our guests.)
After The Hague we boarded an early train to Bruges. One thing is certain: the Partridge family does not travel light!
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