July 4, 2017         Amsterdam

We didn’t do much today, and thankfully it was a beautiful day to do nothing.  Sue bought a new pair of shoes to replace the ones that fell apart because of all the wet weather.  We went to one of our favorite benches along the Amstel River and just sat for about two hours and watched all the canal cruise boats go by.  We eventually went to one of our favorite little bars, Café’ Belgique and had a La Chouffe.  The Café’ is located on a very narrow street, almost an alley.  It has a couple of benches on the wall where most of the regulars like to sit and watch everyone walk by.  We joined the lads who were there, and they gave the oldsters their seats.  After finishing our beers we set off for dinner at another favorite place, the cafe de Brakke Grond.  I don’t know that we’ve ever eaten inside.  The Café’ is on a large courtyard with many tables outside.  Quite often all the tables are taken, but not today.  We both had the house stew and beer, and guess what.  It was all delicious, and I only had one beer today.  Then it was back to the hotel to go to bed early for our trip home tomorrow.  I put today’s photos in the July 3^rd album.