We left fairly early and headed towards the Munttoren, which is said to have been briefly used as the city mint in 1673 and whose bottom part is still a remnant of the medieval city wall on our way to the Blomenmarkt.
The city was very quiet which was no surprise as it was Saturday and most of the city wanderers were foreigners like ourselves.
We walked further towards the Nieuwezijs, not before having taken a few photographs around the Spui namely to the statue of an urchin, Het Lieverdje, who indirectly played a role in the Provo political riots in 1960, as it was often daubed with slogans.
A few street Art painted houses along the Nieuwezijs caught our attention, so we ended up photographing them, prior to having stopped at a small Artistic photo shop where we bought some exquisite black and white cards.
We finally reached the Train Station where we were supposed to rent some bicycles and take them across the ferry that left from behind it, so as to explore some windmills futher afield.
We listened to a group of Rom musicians playing under one of the side doors of the train station and having had a hint as to where we should look for a real windmill within the city boundaries rather than having to take the ferry, we headed in that drection.
Until having photographed the parking lot outside the station I had not realised the number of bicycle riders that actually existed ... it is true that one didn't see too many people on the public transport, nor were there too many cars ... but such a quantity of bicycles was simply beyond my wildest imaginative thoughts ...
(to be continued)
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