After Dark - November 2012

I walked around Amsterdam after dark for the first time in months two weeks ago. And here were the results:

Looking over the Amstel river, just down the street from my apartment.

From the same location as above, but looking away from the river.

Looking over Frederiksplein

A look inside a cafe just outside of the center of the city

Closed shops on Utrechtsestraat

Mannequins in a shop window on Utrechtsestraat

A set of building on Utrechtsestraat

Walking down Vijzelstraat into the center

Girls walking at Muntplein

A bridge in the Jordaan

Two Bruggse Zot (Brugge is the city Bruges in Belgium, and Zot is fool/Joker)

A look over the cafe bar

Looking down a canal in the Jordaan

Leidseplein after last call

An empty Stadhouderkade

Meer Fietsen

Er, more cycling.

Three videos here.

First, we have a trip through Beatrixpark 10 days ago:

Second, we have part of the ride home, boring the Amstel, one week ago:

And, finally, we have my bike ride yesterday morning, in 34 degrees, with a nice layer of fog:

The Gray

"Summer time" - the European equivalent of Daylight Savings Time - ended last week. Wikipedia tells me that November is the second wettest month of the year (after October) and the second darkest month of the year (after December). The first days of the month have fallen in line with the averages, with shocking darkness in the early afternoons because of the cloud cover, and soaking, cold rain for most of the day.

It feels like winter has started, but reminders of fall remain. It's not quite cold enough to numb my hands if I bike outside without gloves, and most of the leaves stubbornly remained on trees up until last week. They were often brilliant shades of yellow and orange that shimmered in the wind when the sun would peak through the clouds.

My street last weekend

The VU three weeks ago

The VU three weeks ago

Oosterpark one week ago

Oosterpark one week ago

Statues in Oosterpark

This cat is not dead - it's displaying the "post-amazing-petting-session" facial expression.

On Saturday, I used my museum card to go to the Tropenmuseum (tropics museum), and then read and graded papers in a coffee house. I took a few videos of the biking during the few hours that it was not raining yesterday.