Back in Friesland

On our 'tourist day' in Amsterdam, we first visited the Rijksmuseum. We had been there last year already, but it's so magnificent that we gladly went back to see some of our favourite Vermeer paintings and some other things we particularly wanted to see. Unfortunately, the special 'late Rembrandt ' exhibition is completely booked out and we had to miss it (although there are quite a few Rembrandts to see there outside the special exhibition!
Next we went to what used to be called the 'Amsterdams Historisch Museum', but now just 'Amsterdam Museum'. We were there about 10 years ago and really liked it, enough so to decide we wanted to see it again. This was a big disappointment. With the name change, the museum (dedicated to Amsterdam 's history, has been completely 'dumbed down'. Just push buttons everywhere, that start all kinds of multimedia shows, which stop you thinking for yourself and spoon feed you a certain reading and explanation of historical events. All of which is in illogical and hard to follow sequences. Sorry, this museum revamp went the wrong way!

Today was a perfect day to cross the IJsselmeer back to Friesland. Including three locks, it took us exactly seven hours in windless conditions. The IJsselmeer was like a mirror (with quite a few other boats on it).

In Stavoren we topped up with 220 l of diesel and did some shopping. The weather is expected to warm up a bit after tomorrow, but with that comes rain and wind. We'll spend some time inland in Friesland before going to the Wadden Islands.

Location:Schans,Stavoren,The Netherlands