We all had the buffet breakfast at the Chasse' Hotel, which was not worth the $15 each in our opinion. We took the tram and met Marilyn and Larry and their Dutch friends Harrie and Hannie at the Rijksmuseum at 9:30 a.m. Entrance fee was $20 each. This is such a large museum but we did our best to see as much as we could in three hours. We all split up and looked at what interested us most. It contains very large paintings from Dutch artists of life and culture in Holland, some as old as the 1600's. We also saw very old and valuable household goods and military items from the 1600-1700's.
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| The architect put himself in the building |
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| Holland's most famous painting by Rembrandt |
We left at noon, took the M train (underground) to the Co-vid testing center across town. It was set up in an empty office space. There was no wait- we all got in right away and then had lunch at a Thai restaurant nearby- good food and service.
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| A customary Dutch gift- doobies! |
We met Larry and Harrie and Hannie at the Hansel and Gretel cafe near the museum at 5:30 for dinner- it was very crowded so the 10 of us were squeezed into two small tables by the door. The food was so-so. I had schnitzel, Kirk had sole. After Harrie and Hannie left we went outside on the patio to have one last drink with Marilyn and Larry before saying good-bye. We took the tram back to the hotel, and our co-vid test results came back. Bill's was positive so they spent the rest of the night trying to make arrangements for staying an extra week. What a bummer ending to a perfect trip! A week later the government suspended the testing requirement for returning to the states.
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