Albert Cuyp Market

 Thanks to an enthusiastic Amsterdammer party last evening (not us), we were a bit short on sleep this morning and decided to postpone biking for a day or two.  Instead we strolled Albert Cuyp, delighting in the sounds, colors, scents and variety of temptations.   Beginning with a hot chocolate and morphing into cannolis and truffles, there is no “no” in the vocab today so hopefully the upcoming biking and the usual 20G worth of steps will offset some of the damage.  There are cafes and bars, flower shops and every kind of ethnic food bar you can imagine, from Turkish delight to falafel, stooop waffles, bitterballen and beyond.  Five blocks long and teeming with shoppers, there is a constant international babble to delight the ears.  So for today, enjoy Albert’s!

Spreading strooopwaffles with honey

8 year old aged Gouda at about a tenth of the price in Canada!

A few euros buys the most beautiful fresh bouquets!

Fish chowder for tonight, but none of this will be in it (I hope!)

Cashews are sold freshly roasted and still warm

I swear that the most beautiful flowers in the world are grown and sent to Holland, and the leftovers to stores in Canada where they triple the price!

What calories?  No calories here!