amsterdam!

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phew!  all of the paris posts are finally written!  now moving onto amsterdam!  i spent one full day and two half days in amsterdam.  

my first afternoon, i went to the van gogh museum.

my full day was started at the anne frank house followed by the amsterdam historical museum.  after the museum, i went to the museum amstelkring, which was a secret catholic church in an attic of the house (well, three actually).  

on my short morning, i went to the coster diamond museum and the rijksmuseum.

here the posts come!  
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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