Final days in Amsterdam

My last 2 full days in Amsterdam were jam packed, but I feel like the pictures speak for themselves here (so I won't write up a storm!). On Friday we spent the day with Chana, who is a friend of ours from SGU who lives outside Amsterdam herself. She took us around to a couple of great sites outside of the city that we likely wouldn't of had the opportunity to do if we didn't have a local to take us. First stop was Marken, where we went to a clog factory and a museum of the people of the former island:

Marken; a small dutch town outside of Amsterdam that used to be an island

Me, Wendy, and Shannon at the Marken docks

Pofferties; traditional dutch mini-pancakes with toppings 

Next stop of the day was Volendam, which was a fun spot to eat some dutch food and do a bunch of touristy attractions. We took a ferry boat from Marken to get there:

overjoyed by the amount of dutch cheese i'm getting to try!

Lastly, we just had to see some windmills in the country, which was beautiful:

Chana and Shannon enjoying some home-made stroopwaffles

We had such a lovely day being taken around by Chana; I couldn't have appreciated it any more. The last day in Amsterdam was spent at the Rijksmuseum, which houses some of the world's most important dutch works of art:

The Rijksmuseum was a beautiful building by itself

Shannon is excited she spotted a lobster in the art!

Lastly, we spent the evening doing a canal cruise of the city. Unfortunately I didn't take any memorable photos, but it was a lovely time spent on a boat in a city that is so centered around the water. Overall I enjoyed my time in Amsterdam tremendously and would love to come back one day. But until then, we're off to Prague for the major component of the trip!