On our first full day in Amsterdam we went to the Anne Frank house and along the way we got a first glimpse of the city, which is really beautiful with its canals and old buildings:

 

 

 

(Anne Frank house. Being in the secret annex was a harrowing and deeply moving experience)

 

And in the afternoon we went to the microbe museum Micropia and oh my, what a great great place this is:

 

(In this lab they cultivate the microbes for the exhibition)

 

(Bioluminescent bacteria)

 

(Tongue bacteria)

 

(Petri dishes - these remind me of my own student days. We swapped a toilet and a coffee mug in the microbiological departement and take a guess, which item contained more bacteria?)

 

(Smallpox)

 

(Adenovirus, which causes the common cold).

 

These glass sculptures by an artist named Luke Jerram were stunningly beautiful. I really want to own one of these.

 

And I bought quite a few things for myself today and I‘m doing a huge „what I bought“ post when I‘m back home again. The only thing I will tell you is that I bought Stephen Fry‘s „Heroes“ and I want to read it right now. So I‘m putting Josephine Tey‘s „Brat Farrar“  on the backburner for now.