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Tur til Amsterdam, okt. 2005 / Trip to Amsterdam, Oct 2005
Med familierne Rønsholdt, Christensen og Mosegaard /
With the Rønsholdt, Christensen and Mosegaard families
Inspireret af sidste års fine tur til Berlin har "Rejseholdet" - forstået som familierne Rønsholdt, Christensen, Mosegaard og Meng Sørensen - i år taget Amsterdam i øjesyn fra 15. - 19. oktober. Her ses vort hotel, om hvilket man i hvert fald kan sige, at det lå centralt på Prins Hendrikkade. Alt lå faktisk i gå-afstand. Siddende på rækværket ses turens yngstemand Anders Rønsholdt.
Inspired by last year's fine trip to Berlin, the "Travelling Squad" - i.e. the Rønsholdt, Christensen, Mosegaard and Meng Sørensen families - has done Amsterdam this year during the 15th - 19th of October. Here is our hotel, about which at least could be said, that it was situated close to evertyhing in central Amsterdam on Prins Hendrikkade. Sitting in front of the hotel the youngest one of our party, Anders Rønsholdt is seen. |
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Vi må åbenbart have skyndt os, da vi pakkede, for hverken Maria eller jeg faldt over Christoffers snorkel, der lå i kufferten fra hans tur til Kroatien i sommer. Vi bedrev nu ikke dykning i de mange kanaler i byen, til gengæld afprøvede Anders udstyret ved morgenmaden på hotellet.
Obviously we have been in a hurry when packing, as neither Maria nor I discovered Christoffer's snorkel lying in the suitcase from his trip to Croatia earlier this summer. However, we didn't feel like diving into the many canals of the city, but Anders tried the equipment while we were having breakfast at the hotel.
Offentlige transportmidler blev sjældent nødvendige. Vi travede ad de smukke smalle gader i Amsterdam det meste af tiden. Her på vej til en kanalrundfart.
Public transport was rarely necessary. We walked the beautiful narrow streets of Amsterdam quite a lot. Here on our way to a canal-tour.
Der så vi bl.a. den kineser-restaurant, der faktisk var en husbåd, hvor vi havde spist rijstaffel efter ankomsten til byen lørdag aften.
From there we among a lot of other things saw the Chinese restaurant, which was, in fact, a houseboat, where we had eaten rijstaffel after our arrival on Saturday evening.
Nogle gange kom vi også igennem Amsterdams "Red Light District". Det hollandske samfund synes ikke besværet med mange reguleringer i hverdagslivet. Prostitution er deprimerende nok arrangeret som et liberalt erhverv, hvor kvinderne bogstaveligt talt er sat ud i udstillingsvinduerne, og man kan købe hash, hash-kager og interessante svampe i strøgbutikkerne. Meget af det er til at få kvalme af, og synes ikke at være et eksempel til efterfølgelse.
Some times we passed through the "Red Light District" of Amsterdam. The Dutch society doesn't seem to be bothered with a lot of regulations of everyday life. Prostitution is depressingly arranged as a kind of free industry, in which the women litterally are put on display in the shopwindows, and you can buy marihuana, pot-cookies and a variety of interesting mushrooms in some of the city-shops. It makes one sick, and I really don't think, that this is worth imitating.
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Men Cecilie, Simon og de smukke kanaler klædte hinanden.
But Cecilie, Simon and the beautiful channels suited each other very well.
Søndag eftermiddag var så sommerlig, at vi kunne sidde på en fortovscafe og drikke kaffe. Og det er jo ikke normalt midt i oktober.
Sunday afternoon was so summerly, that we could sit on a pavement café drinking our coffee. This is not a normal thing to do in the middle of October.
Når vi gik til og fra hotellet kom vi forbi dette mærkelige hus, Scheepvaarthuis. Huset virkede utilnærmeligt og truende, da det åbenbart var helt lukket p.g.a asbestsanering. Arkitekturen havde visse fællestræk med fascismens arkitektur, og huset skulle vel på en måde ligne en moderne middelalderborg. Jeg har senere fundet ud af, at huset er opført i 1913 - 16 og regnes for en vigtig bygning fra den periode. I samme periode begyndte futurismen, som jo også var en slags udspring for netop fascisternes byggestil, så derfor - måske - lighederne.
Walkint to and from our hotel, we passed this strange-looking house, Scheepvaarthuis ("house of the shipping- companies". The house seemed to be unapproachable and threatening, as it was completely closed down because of a reconstruction (removal of asbestos). Its architectural design seemed to have certain similarities with the architecture of the Fascist period in Italy, and the idea, I think, was that the house was meant to look a bit like a medieval castle. Later I found out, that the house was built between 1913 and 1916, and that it is looked upon as an important building from that period. In that same period, futurism begins, too. And that was exactly one of the outsprings of the Fascist style of building, therefore - perhaps - the similarities.
De smukke poetiske og fløjlsbløde nætter var helt specielle, og søndag aften, hvor Anders og jeg løb og legede mellem bilerne, forsøgte vi at fange stemningen ud over Oosterdok.
The beautiful poetic and velvet-smooth nights were very special, and Sunday evening, while Anders and I were playing among the cars, we tried to catch that special mood above Oosterdok.
Søndag aften spiste vi på et steak-house, som Hans havde anbefalet os. Han spiser altid en masse kød dér, når han er i Amsterdam.
Sunday night we went to a steak-house recommended by Hans. When in Amsterdam, he always eat a lot of meat there!
Stemningen blev hurtig åndfuld, og Mogens besluttede sig for under stor munterhed at afsløre indholdet af sin overlevelsestaske. Det var imponerende. Der skal helt specielle omstændigheder til at sætte ham ud af spillet.
Soon spirits were bright, and Mogens decided to reveal the contents of his "survival bag" accompanied by some hilarity. Was that impressing!. Circumstances must be very extraordinary to put him out of the running.
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Mandag besøgte vi bl.a. Noordermarkt. I midten i den lysegrønne trøje ses Anne Katrine.
Monday morning we went to Noordermarkt. In the middle of the picture dressed in a light green shirt, Anne Katrine is seen.
Mens nogle tog til midtbyen på shopping, var vi andre, der sammen med Anders satte kursen mod eksperimentariet "NEMO", som faktisk ligger lige over for hotellet. Her går Susanne, Maria og Anders langs én af de mange kanaler.
Some left for the city-area to do some more shopping, and others among us went - together with Anders - towards the exploratorium "NEMO", which lies just across our hotel. Here Susanne, Maria and Anders walk along one of the many canals.
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Ved siden af NEMO ligger søfartsmuseet, som har bygget denne kopi i fuld størrelse af skibet "Amsterdam". Originalen, der sank ud for England, var fra 1749.
Next to NEMO is the shipping museum, who has built this full size copy of the "Amsterdam". The "real" ship, dating from 1749, went down outside the English coast.
Den aften ønskede vi at prøve pandekager. Her venter Cecilie, Simon, Anders, Anne Katrine og Christoffer på serveringen.
That evening we wanted to try pancakes. Here Cecilie, Simon, Anders, Anne Katrine and Christoffer await their treat.
Og hele selskabet - på venstre side: Brian, Susanne, Marianne, Maria, Kamille, Cecilie, Simon, Anders og Anne Katrine. På højre side: Hans, Mogens, Gitte, Cille, Christoffer og Sebastian. Der blev serveret pandekager fra mange lande. Græske, ungarske, canadiske, mexicanske og såmænd også en masai.
And the whole company - the left side: Brian, Susanne, Marianne, Maria, Kamille, Cecile, Simon, Anders and Anne Katrine. The right side: Hans, Mogens, Gitte, Cille, Christoffer and Sebastian. Pancakes of several nationalities were served: Greek, Hungarian, Canadian, Mexican and even a Masai one.
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Tirsdag satte nogle af os kursen mod Van Gogh-museet i byens sydlige del. På vejen dertil passerede vi ved Oudeschans bl.a. denne husbåd - delvist bygget i mursten! I baggrunden ses Montelbaanstoren med uret "Malle Jaap" ("Gale Jakob"), der hedder sådan fordi det aldrig viser den korrekte tid. Endnu længere bagude kan man se NEMOS skrå tag.
Tuesdag some of us headed for the Van Gogh-museum in the southern part of the town. On our way we passed this houseboat in Oudeschans partly built of bricks! In the background you can see Montelbaanstoren with its watch called "Malle Jaap" ("Mad Jack"). Called that way, because it's unable to show the right time. Further back you can see the slanting roof of NEMO.
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På I en af gaderne mødte vi et temmelig stort politiopbud. De var der for at smide nogle BZ'ere ud. Den slags sker altså med manér.
In one of the streets we saw quite a force of police. They had gathered there to evict some squatters. They do that kind of thing properly down there!
Og på Muntplein kom vi forbi Munttoren, der oprindelig var en del af den kgl. mønt.
And on Muntplein we passed Munttoren ("Minttower"), originally a part of the royal mint.
På Van Gogh-museet så vi en masse af kunstnerens meget smukke billeder, og også en del malet af hans samtidige. Man må selvfølgelig ikke fotografere dér, så man må nøjes med dette billede af Museumsplein i efterårssol set fra museet.
At the Van Gogh-museum we saw a lot of the artist's very beautful pictures, and some painted by some of his contemporaries as well. Of course you couldn't take pictures there, so one will have to make do with this picutre of Museumsplein in the autumn-sunshine seen fron the museum.
Brian havde i "Turen går til Amsterdam" læst om restauranten "Kapitein Zeppos" - og man kan læse mere om den, hvis man klikker her: http://www.zeppos.nl
Restauranten ligger i en smal gyde, så uden Brians nærlæsning og Hans' stedsans, havde vi aldrig fundet stedet.
In his guide to Amsterdam, Brian had read something about the restaurant "Kapitein Zeppos" - and you can read more about that place by clicking here: http://www.zeppos.nl
The restaurant is situated in a very narrow alley, so without Brian's close study of his guide and Hans' ability to find the right places in Amsterdam, we would never have found it.
Stedet var malerisk og maden var fremragende, så vi besluttede os for at komme tilbage om aftenen.
The interior was pittoresque and the food was excellent, so we decided to come back in the evening for supper .
Først skulle de sidste indkøb dog klares. Og der skulle også være tid til, at tale med byens heste.
But first we had some more shopping to do. And there had to be time to have a little chat with the horses of the town.
Nogle indkøb foregik i Amsterdams gamle postkontor, der nu er et butikscenter i fire etager og bærer navnet "Magna Plaza".
Some shopping took place in the old post-office of Amsterdam, today a shoppingcenter with four floors of shops. It goes under the name of "Magna Plaza".
En grundig tur ned ad strøget blev det også til. Her ser man Susanne, Anders, Anne Katrine og Maria - og bag dem to beredne politibetjente.
There was time for an effective stroll along the streets of the city. Here are Susanne, Anders, Anne Katrine and Maria - and behind them two mounted policemen..
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Om aftenen var vi tilbage på "Kapitein Zeppos". På et tidspunkt under middagen mente vort selskab, at nu var det tid til "Flade Jensen", som vi så sang. Til værten Claire van Burens udelte fornøjelse. Hun kvitterede med en omgang til hele bordet, og da det samtidig var hendes fødselsdag, fik hun lige et "Happy Birthday". Fire af vore kvindelige landsmænd ved et nabobord betragtede hele dette indslag med al mulig og tydelig mishag - meen de lignede nu heller ikke praktiserende humorister! Vi vil uden tøven anbefale enhver Amsterdam-farer at aflægge et besøg hos Kapitein Zeppos
In the evening we were back at "Kapitein Zeppos". At some time during the dinner our company found that this was the right place and time for singing "Flade Jensen" ("Flat Jensen"), which we eventually did. Much to the joy of the manager Claire van Buren. She imedeately gave a round of drinks, and as it was her birthday we continued with "Happy Birthday". Four of our female compatriots at a neighbouring table looked upon this whole incident with the utmost and obvious dislike - but on the other hand, they didn't look like practising humorists either. We won't hesitate a second to recommend to anyone going to Amsterdam, that he pays a visit to "Kapitein Zeppos".
Christoffer og Sebastian.
Christoffer and Sebastian.
Mig, Gitte og Mogens.
Me, Gitte and Mogens.
Hans og Maria.
Hans and Maria.
Mogens og Susanne Den sidste aften i Amsterdam. Men "Rejseholdet" er så småt i gang med nye planer for fremtiden.
Mogens and Susanne. On the last evening in Amsterdam. But the "Travelling Squad" is slowly beginning to plan further ekspeditions in the future.
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