My favourite places in Amsterdam (so far)...

Favourite breweryIf you click on different links on their website you will know what kind of an atmosphere it has...
It is old, dusty, and sweet.
It's close to home (i.e. East) and it receives the sun for long afternoon hours almost to the early evening.
"For my own good" it is only open between 3 - 8 pm, and I don't even like all their beers, but I romanticise this old windmill/brewery to such an extent that I thought it deserved a post...








Favourite restaurant

This is not a Mexican...

The hat and the script is what you have on the windows of Don Julio -not me of course, although I end up there quite often as I take all my visiting friends there.
It has great food, it is close by (I sometimes think I moved to my place because it is close to this restaurant), and it has the biggest smiles I have seen in any waitresses in Amsterdam...

Favourite statue

Probably one of the least appreciated of statues in Amsterdam, Multatuli's statute on the Singel is my favourite for obvious reasons (i.e. his book Max Havelaar, his politics, his humanity, his literary genius) plus a number of stories and memories that have been associated with him (both in Indonesia and in the Netherlands) at a more personal level...