Van Gogh Go Through Dutch Art

Today was a day filled with art!! We went to the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum and spent most of the day filling our eyes and brains with Rembrandt, Van Gogh and I think there was even a Monet tucked in there somewhere.

We planned on getting to the Rijksmuseum at 9am, but the kids had other plans. They slept thirteen hours until 10:30 am in the morning. So, we quickly dropped our luggage at Kimpton DeWitt (we liked Pulitzer hotel better) and headed to the museum.

We bought tickets and then went straight to the cafe there for breakfast (or I guess lunch). David Sr got beef balls, which were deep fried beef mush balls. Matthew did…not like them. Heather got a cheese sandwich. Matthew did…not like it. He stuck to the waffle on a stick and muffin.

We spent two hours there looking at some of the best paintings by Dutch artists. The kids enjoyed it just slightly less than David Sr (which was a low bar).

The highlight of the day was the Van Gogh museum. We saw 200 paintings of his, including many we had seen before (the potato eaters, sunflowers, self-portraits, and bedroom in Arles). We had a Van Gogh book we would show to the kids when they were small, so it was neat to see them in person.

We caught a tram back to the new hotel – this was the kids’ second experience on public transportation (the first was yesterday). We made it back to the hotel for the happy hour. Keeping with our culinary journey around Amsterdam, we ate at an Italian restaurant where David had pasta and Matthew had a pizza, which were significantly better than the beef mush balls.

We are taking it easy this evening hoping the kids will wake up before 10am, so we can get to Bruges earlier tomorrow.