Amsterdam: iPhone edition

I don't always carry around my heavy camera with me so here are a few photos I took with my iPhone these past months.

Enjoy! 

Sinterklaas toot toot!

I absolutely love Christmas but I love Dutch Christmas the most. Sinterklaas arrived in Amsterdam on his steamboat this past Sunday. I made sure to be at the skinny bridge extra early to get a good view; and I did!

There are no words to explain what this parade is like. There is so much warmth and joy. The children were singing songs for over an hour waiting for Sints arrival by boat. They patiently waited under the rain. No child was grumpy because of the rain and of standing in the cold. They just waited and waited and sang and sang.

I really don’t know what else I could write to explain the feeling of watching these children super excited sitting in boats or standing on the bridge to wave hello to Piet and Sint. There are just no words. J

Here are some pictures of what went on and if you would like to see pictures from the previous year’s click here.

Enjoy!

Beauty

Lately, when I leave the house to walk around the city center (which is actually very rare nowadays considering student life has started up) I have been finding all these beautiful moments. A bit more than usual. :) 

Here are a few pictures of beautiful Amsterdam. Enjoy! 

Pride. Gay pride

Although we have been living in Amsterdam for quite a while we never had the chance to see the gay pride parade that takes place here every August. Usually in the month of August we are on holiday.
This time, however, we saw it.
And...
It was awesome. You feel all this fun vibrate energy. I was very jealous of the people who were dancing on the boat - I wish I was there also.
Here are some pictures of what went on.
Enjoy!

Jordaan

There is something about biking through the Jordaan...

I really cant explain it...

I was biking and stopping to take pictures. Here are the clicks. I hope it transmits the feeling I get when I go through the Jordaan :)

Enjoy

Sun in January

Welcome to Amsterdam 2014!

The weather has been good this January. Sunny days, cloudy days, not too cold, bits of rain….  Not too bad. I haven’t taken pictures around Amsterdam in a while so I decided that in the first few days of 2014 it was a nice time to get back into the habit – especially with all these clear skies and people out and about.

Here they are.

Enjoy!

This was also the day that I encountered my name and advice referenced a few times in a book for new expats. I am so happy that I shared my experiences with them and that they actually published some of my tips about living in The Netherlands. Check out the book: Ready, steady, Go Dutch.