Weena. Under the letterbox it says; the first love letters are written with the eyes.

Kruiskade, Japanese restaurant Yamato. The chef is preparing his egg roll. What comes next is that he cuts it in pieces and tries to shoot it in the customers mouth.

Westersingel, the monument of the resistance looking towards the Highschool of Arts and the Westin hotel.

Weena.
How can three letters (APK) translate into all these characters? Does anyone have any idea whether there is a wisecrack who is calling us names on this sign, or is this for real?

Wijnhaven; life in the big city: grass trying it between the concrete.

Walenburgerweg, dentist Chin checking out my husband. I seriously have been going my whole life to this dentist practice. Kenneth took over the practice about 15 years ago and twice a year my whole family comes by for a check. So far we are good for another 6 months!

Schouwburgplein, 3 dudes on a bike

's Gravendijkwal, Restaurant Soit and their 'grand entree' We had a delicious meal with friends from the States who came by quite spontaneously :)

View on the Laurens church from the Blaak. The construction for the covered market scene is busy and on the yellow look-through-hole it says; Here beats the new heart of Rotterdam.

A threesome on the Diergaardesingel.

Heemraadssingel. it's official; spring is here! It also made me think of John & Yoko and their marriage 40 years ago with the bed-in and Hair Peace and Bed Peace. Let's give peace a chance !!

Schouwburgplein. The weather had been anything but snow lately. Storms, rain and some sun in between and on one of those moments I caught this man sitting on the top of a parking lot.

Heemraadssingel. Two fighting dogs meeting. The puppy looked adorable I have to admit, but why would anyone want a dog like that?

View on a tiny part of the Rotterdam harbour, one of the largest harbours in the world. Thanks to 'the crisis' there are considerably less boats and when the come by you can see they carry a lot less containers.

Rotterdamse Schouwburg. Today the performance of the Rotterdam actor John Buijsman starts, honoring Charles Bukowski. With a Rotterdampas your tickets only cost 11 euro.

Hoogstraat, Central Library. The Rotterdam Card is a pass that gives all sorts of discounts for things happening in Rotterdam. It costs € 55,= but students only pay € 10.

Conradstraat, clouds over the building of insurance company Nationale Nederland and the ING bank-building.

De Schiecentrale is a former electricity factory that has been transformed into housing for film and television producers, artists and IT errr.... people.

Burg. Meineszplein, sunsetting. Enjoy your weekend everyone and be careful today!

New carpeting in Hotel New York

Van Oldenbarneveltstraat. The huge portrait you see here is of Eduard Douwes Dekker, better known by his pen name as Multatuli, a Dutch writer, famous for his satiral novel Max Havelaar. Above the portrait it says: Seen from the moon, we are all equally big.

Gaffelstraat, restaurant De Pijp. There is a certain category pubs in the Netherlands indicated as 'brown pups'. Where everybody knows your name and they are always glad you came. That kind of Cheers pub.
De Pijp is as you can see literally a brown restaurant. The walls are covered with stickers and photos of student sororities. The floors are covered with sawdust and there are ties everywhere.
It has a high 70-ies feeling and even the menu (ribeye with camembert) feels outdated.
It's not bad but Gordon Ramsey would have a fit if he came here.

The second hand book market near the Laurens church on a misty morning.

Wilhelminaplein, Hotel New York (the former office of the Holland Amerika Lijn) and the multi purpose skyscraper the Montevideo tower in the background. Together with the M on the roof, the buildings total height is 152,3 mtrs (499,7 ft) making it the highest residential building in the Netherlands.

Gaffelstraat, Bierhandel De Pijp. This is the mens room in restaurant De Pijp, one of the oldest restaurants (dating back till the 19th century) in Rotterdam. It says; Gents water place.

Westersingel. Although the week started out fine (weather wise), we are back to rain, cold and grey clouds. Let's hope the weekend will be better!

Luxor, High School Musical
Yes, if you think High School Musical is popular in the States, come on over to the Netherlands. We have had the television series, the movie and now the musical. My daughter loved it and i have to admit it was better than i feared.

Van Oldenbarneveltstraat, Mostert & Van Leeuwen. Sander & Hugo in their shop where you can see a bit of their fashion (Sonia Rykiel, Rene Lezard and many others), accesories (S'NOB bags, Shanghai Pearls) but also cosmetics (the American Malin + Goetz) collection.
Do you happen to be looking for a personal stylist and/or shopper? Call Elly.

Don't place any bikes the sign says.

Linker Rottekade, a typical Dutch landscape to me. Clouds, water and some nice and cozy houses.

Groot Handelsgebouw, looking out from the main hall onto the rebuilding of Central Station.

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