Busy weekend...

Last weekend was very busy but very nice for us. Friday our friend Pino arrived from Berlin. We met with Thorsten and Harald downtown, where Erik took us all to the great tour of historic Amsterdam. Although I always thought that I had seen a big deal of the downtown area a had to admit that Erik brought even me to places that I hadn't seen before. It was a very interesting tour.
After the tour we went for a "borrel" (a drink) to one of the bars, befor we all had dinner at the Ghetto (a gay restaurant).

Saturday was Pino's birthday. We organized a present and a birthdaycake. I went together with him to a special museum: "Onze lieve heer op zolder". A catholic church hidden on the attic of an ordinary 16th century house. The church was from the time that the Amsterdam was protestant, but they tolerated the catholic believe as long as it was practiced hidden. Is that what they call dutch tolerance?

Sunday we took Pino to the eastern harbors of Amsterdam. It's a new residential neighborhood with interesting architecture.