It's Monday morning here in Haarlem. We met our tour group yesterday and did a quick walking tour of Haarlem with a local guide. It's an amazing old city with city council people dedicated to preserving it's historic feel - thus all the old buildings have original entryways, the streets are still tile and cobblestone, etc. The tiles in front of the door were made to show what sort of business it was, due to few people knowing how to read. I took a picture of the pharmacy one ;-)
We also went into Amsterdam on our own to see the museum of bags and purses and it was every bit as wonderful as I imagined. To see the craftsmanship in those beaded bags from the 1700s and 1800s, and to see how women of old used to carry their things. They probably laughed when the Swiss Army knife came out- because they've carried those things around on their little purses for years! I refrained from buying anything at the gift store - aren't you proud?!
I really liked Amsterdam, with all the tree-lined canals and bikes. It has an extremely laid back atmosphere and it was really easy to navigate. It has the most countries represented in its population, over 175, whereas NYC is only 3rd with 152 or something like that. Anyhow, it was very pretty.
Today we go (in 15 min) there again, this time visiting the Anne Frank house, the Rikjsmuseum, and we take a canal boat cruise. That looked like fun based on what we saw yesterday. So relaxing!
We continue to pass out the moment our heads hit the pillow. Our highest mileage day so far was 6.7. We're averaging 6.33 miles/day - no wonder we're so tired!!

We ate at an indonesian restaurant last night that was pretty good. Tonight - who knows what we'll eat! I've only given in to the McDonalds temptation twice - once for a hamburger in Belgium and for an ice cream cone yesterday in Amsterdam. It has been unusually hot here so we're dying. Luckily today feels cooler!
All for now ~