Project Week '15 in Amsterdam #day3

Day 3 - Monday, 2 March

We started the day by waking up a bit earlier, having breakfast together, and preparing for our next activity that is painting the wall of the corridor of the house where the community lives in. Before painting the wall, we needed to cleanse the wall from any smudge by using the diluted ammonia. Then, we taped some parts that should not be painted, such as the door frames and the switches.

 

Then, we had to rush to Rijksmuseum to see the Late Rembrandt exhibition there. The entrance fee is free at the moment, but we had the schedule of entering the museum from 09.00 'till 11.00. It was 10.04 when we completely finished cleansing the wall. We took the subway to Amstel Station and continued the journey by taking the trams to Museumplein. It was 10.55 when we got off the tram, hence we had to run to the Rijksmuseum. Wooh! Fortunately, we could still enter the museum and use our online tickets. 

Off to Rijksmuseum

Our typical touristic photograph at I Am Amsterdam Sign.   

I was overjoyed!

The next agenda's to meet our UWCAd alumna, Hester, who comes from and lives in Amsterdam. I really have to admit that Project Week was such a truly nice chance to get to know people we'd never met as well as people we'd never talked to before. Together with Hester, we spend the afternoon after the light drizzle to walk around the Albert Cuypstraat Market, which is only about 2 km from Hester's house. There we can find loads of stalls which sell almost everything we might look for, such as clothes, cheese, vegetables, fruits, bags, Dutch snacks, and many more. Jia Jia and Hester suggested us to taste the Stroopwafel (two thin layers of waffle filled with the caramel syrup) which can be bought at one of the street vendors there. I bought the big-sized one with chocolate topping as addition. Its price range varies from €1.5-2.0. This typical Dutch snack is really worth a try!

photo source: www.amsterdaily.nl

As we had known a bit of how to get to somewhere in Amsterdam, we decided to split again. Four of us decided to go to the commercial centre and stroll around the city while Jia Jia decided to visit her former school and meet some friends. Leidseplein and Niewmarkt are the two main districts which full of shopping centre and sort of being the centers of the crowd. 

After that, we met up again during the dinner time in Bazaar Amsterdam, Albert Cuypstraat. It's a middle-eastern restaurant which sells multitude of fancy and tasty foods. Woohoo, I just realized how much I've longed for eating tasty foods. So, you could guess that it was kinda feast for us!

Ready for the feast, everyone? 

El Couscous with Meat

Right after dinner, me and Jia Jia went back home directly while others chose to hang around for a bit more in the city centre.