Falling through the ice
This lady wanted to join her friend on the ice, but she should have done so buy way of the boat. The ice at the very edge near the stairs just wasn’t strong enough.
Oddly enough, after she got out she acted like she wasn’t even cold. She and her friend walked off at a normal pace…
If that had happened to me, I would have gone straight to Cafe Papeneiland — which is at the same corner (Brouwersgracht/Prinsengracht — one of Amsterdam’s most picturesque spots).
In fact, after taking this picture I went there myself, and enjoyed a cup of good-quality coffee along with a huge piece of fresh-baked apple pie which — to my surprise — came with a very generous dollop of freshly-whipped cream.
Kattengat, Amsterdam
The two houses with the red shutters were built in 1614 by soap maker Laurens Jansz Spiegel. The houses are topped with sculptured mirrors in reference to the family name. Spiegel is Dutch for mirror.
Old Amsterdam in colorized photos
Photochroms of Amsterdam taken between 1890 and about 1900. Collected by the Library of Congress. No known copyright.
According to Wikipedia, “Photochrom … prints are colorized images produced from black and white photographic negatives via the direct photographic transfer of a negative onto lithographic printing plates. The process is properly considered a photographic variant of chromolithography, a broader term referring to color lithography in general.”
Amsterdam: Oudezijds Voorburgwal in the snow
A view of Oudezijds Voorburgwal, in Amsterdam’s Red Light District, in the snow with the Old Church.