“City in Belgium” thats all I know. While on train I Met Hanni B. an Artist whose medium is paper mache, she had the most beautiful teal bluish eyes and she showed me a picture of her recent work. I told her she reminded me of Elizabeth Taylor. She asked us if we had seen the movie with Nicole Kidman in “Babygirl”. No but there were posters and banners throughout amsterdam promoting it. The Director is Dutch which explains the heavy promotion.

Arrived at grand opulent train station with banners of the movie, met new acquaintances and quickly went on another walking tour. Its funny that some of the best Dutch food is Chinese. As the four of us waited for the restaurant to open the neighborhood appeared to look rough. Uneven cracked side walks, speeding scooters, bikes and everyone smoking cigarettes. I was hungry and didn’t want to wait, I walked into a Turkish bakery. No purchase because it was all just bread and bready items “I’ll wait”.

The Port city is known for diamonds and Rembrandt House. The best part was observing my friend enjoying her friends whom she had not seen in 20 years. Such good hosts we walked to see old churches of medieval times. A slaughter house that looked like a church and an escalator made of wood slats. On to see Marlene and Francis.