I walked a billion miles today and my feet hurt. I decided to shoot IR today after searching for the disappointing flower market which is mostly bulbs. It must be better in the spring. It’s too overcast for shooting color, so I’ll probably convert the color shots to B&W.

Iron Drawbridge Iron Drawbridge. Amsterdam.

I had lunch at De Beiaard in Bengijnhof (south west of the hotel and at the edge of city center), near where I had dinner last night, and the food was ok but the bartender (Martijn) is a huge fan of Belgians and got me drunk. He told me about the brewery in the city center in Nieuw Maarkt.

I walked out to Vondel park and it was very pretty. It has a central park feel on a smaller scale. I got a couple of good shots. I tried to walk back through the museum district but there was construction so I went around.

There is a shitty cover band playing in the courtyard all evening for some corporate event. They just encored with a second round of Girl from Ipanema, which is the 3rd song they played. As I’m writing this the band is reprising Fire by Springsteen in Dutch. I wish they’d go to sleep so I can play some good music.