1st October Amsterdam
** Today my mother turns 96! Living within a retirement home, within a dementia ward, within her locked mind, she is unfortunately, total unaware of this milestone. Anyway, happy birthday mom. ** My first full day in Amsterdam. My first Amsterdam Americano & coissant, devouring it while looking at the canals and the amazing bridges and the many people who seem to be just wandering around looking for breakfast. The coissant is very tasty; not too sweet and definately not too buttery. ** One thing I have already figured out is that in London the impression is that the economy is coffee shop based, whereas in Amsterdam, in the canal zone anyway, the economy appears to be sex, vaping & marijuana shop based. ** Although I am off on an almost 2 klm walk to the Reichmuseum, it will take me way longer than a normal human as I stop every few seconds to take photos, something this city appears to have been designed for. I will keep adding to this as the...