Mikes Bike Tour 7/14/13

(Elliott is doing the beginning today).  Today we went on a bike tour.  We went to the red light district, there were women in windows in little clothes ane you never knew when they were going to pop up.  The picture is me entering the red light district.  It was a different experience than  I expected. When you look at them, you forget what they are trying to sell and they just look like human manequins. 

(Jennifer blogging now)

We've had a lot of conversations about the Dutch approach to marijuana and prostitution since we arrived in Amsterdam. Ben is quite interested in the public policy and Elliott is just trying to make sense of it all. I'm just glad they want to talk about it.

Here are my monkeys climbing In a cool treetops climbing stricture in Vondelpark. 

We ate lunch in the sculpture park at rijksmuseum. Cool Calder mobiles and this water fountain.

We went in a bike tour through the central amsterdam neighborhoods- including the red light district.

Later wandering the streets we found a taste of home

They have a very chic store store selling the tough and rustic image Red Wing boots. 

We had fun talking to the salesman and hearing how Red Wing is viewed md marketed here.