From warm weather yesterday to rainy weather today. Our thoughts for the day were to eat some Amsterdam shrooms and sit in the park and watch the world go by. Well, that would be a bit of a wet sit. We considered wandering through the museums in that state, but decided that might be a bit slow and too quiet. Hmm…
Our hotel changed our room back over to the hotel this morning. And a fine hotel it is for the type of day we are considering. Hotel Filosoof. It has a gray-green animal pattern carpet that winds up the stairwell to our hallway. The numbers going down the hallway are in Alice-in-Wonderland style of different shapes and sizes. There are philosophical sayings scattered throughout the hotel on the walls. And at the end of the hallways is our room. It has shiny silver walls, with shimmering purple-blue drapes. A black velvet bedspread with a white satin underside. The carpet is deep purple and there is a fine chair that looks like it might get up and walk away from us. The bathroom is a cheerful yellow with a zen curtain and a great floor that is yellow stone with glittering purple and blue that brings the constrast of the two rooms together. The folks running the hotel are wandering around in their socks. What a great hotel.
So here goes our day.. the short version. Picked up some spaghetti sauce from the grocery store and some dark chocolate. Chopped up the raw (the smartshops only can sell fresh) mushrooms and mixed it in the sauce. Gads, the result was palatable only if you didn’t chew. Took a bite of some very dark chocolate. Stopped by a real coffeeshop for a double espresso. And wandered the town. You notice different things in this state, such as the bloopy tops of all the buildings. The town has left (I wish I had the correct architectural term for them) the iron tops and flags, spikes and swirls on top of the domes and buildings in the towns. It also has done some rather peculiar art work, such as placing bronze iquanas in the grass, and subtle faces on the bridges. We had a great walk and when the world started looking really weird, we stopped in a hologram shop that was playing ambient music. The owner was great and turned up the music for us and adjusted the lights in the store. We found our way over to a cafe and they too changed the music for us. What a cool town! From our perch, we watched the tourists flow by. Sitting by the window gave me a peculiar feeling of sitting on a boat watching the world flow by. It may have been the red lanterns in the cafe?
