Yesterday morning we rode on our bikes around Amsterdam. I felt very Dutch.
If you enlarge this picture (by clicking on it), you can see the two statues on the building. The modern man is such a juxtaposition against the old architecture. It seems like he is a real man pulling off a stunt rather than part of the piece.
We dropped off our bikes and then went to church at Hillsong Amsterdam. It’s pretty amazing to be able to attend church all over the world. The past four Sundays we have attended church in four different cities in four different countries (Port Moody (Canada), Oroville (USA), Carickmacross (Ireland) and Amsterdam (Netherlands)) and not one has been our home church where we regularly attend with our family.
All of the churches have had a different feel with varying music styles, attendance and speaking styles but all of them love Jesus and want to follow him. It’s been an honour to be welcomed in.
After church we went to Van Dobben which is a famous place for Dutch fare including croquetten. We had some chocolate milk, croquetten and soup. The soup reminded me of the soup my mom, Oma and aunts make. It was delicious. Joel really wanted to our receipt in the picture.
During the afternoon we walked to an open air market and visited one of the many, many great playgrounds before heading home to bathe, pack and eat some Turkish take out. We all loved Amsterdam. Now it’s off to Paris.