Amsterdam Day 2

Amsterdam Day 2 , a set on Flickr.

Our second day in Amsterdam was very wet and windy, so not many photos. Our goal for the day was to visit the Ann Frank House & Van Gogh museum. After braving the 15 minute walk to the Ann Frank House we were lucky to skip the giant cue because the staff came out looking for wet/sad looking families to take in (saved us about 30 minutes in the wind and rain:+) We were not allowed to take photos in the house, it was not as sad or sobering as the concentration camps we have been to but very surreal actually walking through the annex where they were hiding. It was full of quotes, videos and photos. Everyone was surprised at how big it actually was, although after a couple of years never going outside and having the curtains shut constantly plus knowing many friends and family have already been shipped to concentration camps would have been awful. We then walked another 15 minutes to the Van Gogh museum to find another massive cue! Unfortunately for mum we have already seen a number of great art works at the Louvre and Musee d’orsay so decided to give it a miss as we were all pretty wet, cold and the little kids were getting pretty grumpy.