What happens when you have back to back 2am’ers in your 30s and finish a bottle of Captain post a Christmas feast? Absolutely nothing! You become as useless as a knitted condom.
It was bordering on lunch time by the time we left the apartment for our daily fix of coffees. We walked past the Locals coffee takeout branch, a different one to the one we had eaten at yesterday, and got our oat flat white and regular latte. Knowing full well that it was a useless start to the day we decided to make up for it with a long walk from De Pijp. We walked in a westerly direction to Museumplein where 3 major museums are based – the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh museum, and Stedelijk museum. They have also built a winter ice rink in the plein which was humming with kids and that holiday spirit. I think we may give this a go later in the week with Jonts and Cait.
From here we headed into Vondelpark which lies in the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid. There were quite a few families out with their kids on walks or in the front of their urban arrow family cargo bikes as well as a lot of runners working out their Christmas feasts from the day before. We looped the park before connecting with the Amstel river and making our way over to Jonts and Cait for a left over roast roll and a movie. On route there a pigeon decided to shit on my head but unluckily for him I was wearing a cap. Jokes on you.
We made gammon rolls, had some humous, cheese and cured meats and then sat down to watch Knives Out : Glass Onion together.
After the movie they introduced us to CATAN. It’s a multiplayer board game where players take on the roles of settlers, each attempting to build and develop holdings while trading and acquiring resources. You basically gain victory points as your settlement grows and the first player to 10 victory points wins the game. Their is an element of similarity to Monopoly with the positional play, strategising and chance cards but more bartering and engagement from my standpoint personally.
After the game we said our goodbyes and walked back home. We shared a pizza from De Pizzabakkers and chilled on the couch watching the new Adams family spin-off, Wednesday, on Netflix. Tomorrow the plan is to do out first day trip out of the city and visit the famous De Haar Castle outside of the Utrecht centre before visiting the city canals, shopping district and having lunch.
KEEP RIGHT PASS LEFT 