But before we ever left our canal, 50′ from the houseboat was a pop-up Lapjesmarkt [fabric market] that wasn’t there before. It was about 1/2 mile long, perhaps 300 or more vendors with fabrics, clothes and accessories from all over the world! Jane found a wonderful new jacket!
The owner of that stall splits her time between Italy [where she owns some land and will be pressing her first olive oil next year], Amsterdam and London selling goods she brings in from Nepal!
The recently remodeled Rijks Museum is even better than ever! Reopening in 2013, after a ten-year renovation which cost € 375 million. It draws about 2.2 million visitors a year and staffed by amazingly helpful and knowledgeable multilingual staff. The total collection hovers around 1,000,000 objects of which they have about 8,000 on display. They range in antiquity from around 1100-2000 A.D.
