Today was a slower morning, bussing to the Museumplein and then walking to Albert Cuypstraat to check out the street market. Everything from food to fashion, bed linens to toiletries, and lots of souvenirs.
After wandering the stalls I made my way to a storefront where I had a reservation for a Delft tile painting workshop. Normally created with cobalt oxide on tin-glazed tiles before kiln firing, an idea brought over in the seventeenth century from Chinese porcelain, we painted with acrylic on prepared tiles, with just an oven bake required to set the paint.
After the workshop I wandered the streets, winding around canals and headed roughly towards Amsterdam Centraal. I had lunch at a pasta place, and wandered the flower market (which is mostly bulbs this time of year).
After a couple hours of wandering, I arrived at Amsterdam Centraal, and made my way back to the hotel to organize, pack, and rest
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