My amazing week in Amsterdam

This post is about the most beautiful week since the end of August. It was my first week off after quite long time ( I do not count my week at home because due to ilness I was not able to enjoyed it as much as I wanted to). I was the most happiest person when I had finaly landed in my beloved city and I could finaly start to enjoy my days off. Because I was flying from Aalborg I was waiting for a quite a long time for my suitcases, but then I could finaly reunite with Jan, who was waiting for me at the airport. It was really nice to be back in Amsterdam and be with him again. 

 Waiting and working at one secret project at the Aalborg airport ;)

Welcome snack at the train from Schiphol airport to Centraal station

When we had woke up the next day the weather was really beautiful, we went to the city to get a lunch at la Place (delicious big pizza). On our way to Kalverstraat where La Place is, we had a chance to see how they are pulling bikes from the gracht. After lunch we went to London pub to have a coffe with Bláža and to see Karlos who is working here. Then Honza had a surprise for me, he wanted to do it everytime I was in Amsterdam, but Bláža was eather ill or has a problems with his riksha, but this time everything was ok, so we went for city tour in riksha. We drove through Jordaan and other not that much touristic but really beautiful places.

 Window view

 Bike fishing season is here!

 La place delicious party pizza for 8 people :D

 Bláža took us for city tour in riksha

The next day we went to WG café and on our way there we stopped by to see small houses in the gap between houses number 54 and 70 at Westerstaat. From WG café we cycled through Vondelpark, which looks really nice this autumn day. Then we stopped by het Muziektheater, I had been told to wait outside that he will just go inside and bring a program. I was waiting for a quite a long time untill he finally showed up with a program. When I opened it I found tickets for ballet Don Quichot. I was so excited and happy. As we were cycling through Dam square we noticed that roundabouts are back in the city. We hesitated if we should go or not, but then we decided that we are brave enough to go there. It was adrenalin experience to be at roundabout which was higher than Madam Tussaud museum at Dam. In the evening we went to Přéma´s birthday party at prema and Eliška place at Noord. It was really nice to see them again.

 Advertising agency decided to restore normality and build the seven missing row houses. In the gap. Between the buildings…

Missing houses at Westerstraat. 

 Fresh mint tea time

 Enjoying cycling at my lovely Amsterdam bike at Vondelpark

waiting..

 This was the best surprise- tickets for ballet Don Quichot at het Muziektheater.

 Roundabouts are back at Dam square!

 So we decided to go there...

 Smiling ... before the roundabout began to spin up in the air

yummi

The plan for friday was to go on a trip to Zaandam. We had grabed our coffee at al Ponte at IJ plein, which is small café owned by italian woman. With our coffees in our hands we took a ferry to Centraal station and then a train to Zaandam. It is always weird feeling entering Zaandam through train station, because you find yourself in the middle of a square surrounded by buildings which looks like buildings from fairy tale or Potemkin villages :D. We went for a walk through center, ate olie boilen and went foto the Primark here. I had bought dress here, which I had worn lately this day. When we had came back from Zaandam we dressed up and went to the theatre. The performance was amazing, all the dancers were really excelent. I am so glad that I had a chance to see another classical ballet and that I had a chance to visit het Muziektheater.  Dutch National ballet dancers are excelent, especialy guys, I haven´t seen such a good male dancers yet.    

nice flower shop

 Eating olieboilen in Zaandam

 Zaandam old house

 Us in the Muziektheatre

 live National orchestra

 view from Muziektheater

 during a break

ballet souvenir shop 

end..

The next day Honza was at work in the morning and I decided to cycle through Amsterdam little bit. I stopped by to see bookshelf on the house and I chilled in Rembrant park. In the evening we went for a beer to Doors with our friends. 

 Bookshelves in the house at Lootstraat

 Autumn slowly coming to Amsterdam´s streets

 Ponny at the Rembrant park

You can find small version of this dog statue by a ferry at Centraal station

dinner time

 On sunday I spent morning by EYE museum, then I cycled to the city to see Amsterdam marathon. I had picked up Jan at work and we went to visit our favourite ice cream shop. :) In the afternoon we went to see Jaruš and sat for a beer at Spuistraat with her.

 Lovely morning by EYE film museum

 My favourite chilling place by Amstel in front of Hermitage

 Amsterdam marathon

 beer time with a friend

I had spent the next morning by discovering Amsterdam hofjes and Amsterdam Noordermarkt and visiting Amsterdam Museumplein, where I had a chance to see how peole from van Gogh museum were preparing replica of van Gogh´s portraite made from sunflovers and gerberas. Almost by a midnight we decided to went to the city and go at roundabout again, to see Amsterdam in the night. Beacuse the guy who was working here did not took a tickets from us, we went to this roundbaout two times. :D

 again..eating at La Place

again ice cream :D

roundabouts again...

 For the second time at Dam squere going at roundabout 

 Advertising for Malevich exhibition (at Stedelijk museum) at de Bijenkorf

The next day wchich was my last day in Amsterdam we were discovering beaty of amsterdams courtyards called Amsterdamse Hofjes.Next time in Amsterdam I am going to visit more of them. They are carefouly hidden froum tourists, so I have to do a proper research :D. Then we went home I packed my stuff and we went to the airport.

at Amsterdamse Hofje

those doors... :D

 the most beautiful day from all days I had spent in Amsterdam

 Beautiful Autumn day at Prinsengracht... sadly my last day in Amstardam

 bye bye Amsterdam

back in Aalborg :(

P.S. According to my sis my mum commented my instagram posts by saying that I am almost on every picture with a food in my hands. So she tink that I did not suffer from hunger in Amsterdam.... Yes that´s right mum ! :)