Learning how to put a link into my blog

I did it with help from a great website that I think I should share and give credit to. tutorial in html

Moving my book comments

I haven't written lately, mainly because I have posted my book notes onto a blogger site that is available through my library website. And the library blogger site needs to relate to the library more than my travel rambles. I really like the fact I could write in my blog on my trip and share with many people all at one, and share my photos instantly. So to get to my new blog about more library things:
my new wedsite

Flower market

The Flower Market in Amsterdam

We had to visit the flower market. It was a rainy morning, but that didn't stop us from checking out the flower stalls and taking a dozen pictures. Amaryllis blooming in March, so big and beautiful. I was so tempted to buy bulbs and have them shipped home, but I couldn't buy everything. Leslie bought her Dutch wooden shoes here. She was told an interesting tidbit about the shoes. The plain ones are for working in the fields, the yellow ones are for church, the red ones for the bride on her wedding day, and the blue ones for the groom on his wedding day. Our Dutch friends said they never heard that about the red and the blue. Sounded good anyways.

Breakfast in Hoorn

Continental breakfast courtesy of the hotel we were staying at in Hoorn. We always took a window seat, which turned out to be a good thing, since Marleen stopped by three times when she noticed us there. I took a picture of the breakfast that was served between 7 and 10 am for the guests of the hotel. Our tablecloth is actually a woven Turkish rug. Our choice of coffee or tea is served with a plate of cold cuts and cheese, a basket of bread and rolls, a soft-boiled egg, and a glass of orange juice, fresh squeezed it seemed. On our last day we find out that in the basket of bread is a delicious gingerbread tasting bread wrapped like a cracker, and we never had tried it before. I'd like to have that recipe.

Amsterdam

One of our last nights in Amsterdam, at last the rain stops and we are able to take some shots with the sun hitting the building along the canal in the city.

The coast along the Atlantic is very rough this day due to the storm. We have had rain every day at some point. We also have experienced hail and snow, so it is a typical spring. Being so close to the coast water is everywhere.