Words can not describe how delicious this is.
the macro-biotic markets always in town on saturday. Around the corner from me on the noordermarkt square
here's a wee pic.
Normally I don't take the 2 min walk over there because biological food is just too darn expensive. But today I treated myself to a 5 euro muffin.....with pesto...sundriedtomatoes.....mozarella....and pinetree nuts.
I could just die
I live and breath history every day....why?
Because I live in the nicest, oldest part of amsterdam, the Jordaan. It's the part of the town you see on the postcards people send you. The light area on below map;
It's also the part of town where Anne Frank lived during her years in hiding during the 2nd world war. In 1942 Otto Frank, Annes father went into hiding with his family in a back room of his own office building. In that period Anne wrote her diary. Just literally weeks before the end of the war the hiding place was discovered and the family were moved to labour camps. There Anne Frank did not survive, but father Otto did.
Why is it called the Jordaan? The most heard explanation is that the word has been derived from the French jardin (garden). The French immigrants of the 17th century might have called the district Jardin, because the most of the streets of the Jordaan are named after flowers.
History?
The Jordaan was build at the large expansion of the city in 1612, as a district for the working class and imigrants. It was very close to the 3 main canals where most of the buisnesses, wherehouses and rich and famous lived. This stayed so untill the 19th century, when the impoverishment started. Because of the occupation of Germay in the years 40-'45 the area became even more terrible. Nobody wanted to live here those days. Even after the war, many an old biddy will tell you stories about gowing up in the Jordaan. Bedpans emptied into the canals, flees, 12 kids crammed into 1 roomed houses....So in the seventies a large modernisation was started. After that the district was discovered by a new generation of occupants: artists, students, young entrepreneurs. Happy to live within walking distance to the citycentre, hearing distance of pubs and clubs and not needing extra rooms for kids. The old inhabitants moved to other neighborhoods and cities, where the all live today and still regret the day they moved away. The Jordaan today has changed from a slum area to a district for the rich, with lots of boutiques, terraces, restaurants and pubs. It's beautiful and one can get lost in the hundreds of small streets, crooked canals and cobbled roads. One pain in the neck living here though.....tourists......and mosquito's
I love it here. And although my house is small I wouldn't leave this area for anything.
My muffin is finished now. Yum yum.
the macro-biotic markets always in town on saturday. Around the corner from me on the noordermarkt square
here's a wee pic.
Normally I don't take the 2 min walk over there because biological food is just too darn expensive. But today I treated myself to a 5 euro muffin.....with pesto...sundriedtomatoes.....mozarella....and pinetree nuts.
I could just die
I live and breath history every day....why?
Because I live in the nicest, oldest part of amsterdam, the Jordaan. It's the part of the town you see on the postcards people send you. The light area on below map;
It's also the part of town where Anne Frank lived during her years in hiding during the 2nd world war. In 1942 Otto Frank, Annes father went into hiding with his family in a back room of his own office building. In that period Anne wrote her diary. Just literally weeks before the end of the war the hiding place was discovered and the family were moved to labour camps. There Anne Frank did not survive, but father Otto did.
Why is it called the Jordaan? The most heard explanation is that the word has been derived from the French jardin (garden). The French immigrants of the 17th century might have called the district Jardin, because the most of the streets of the Jordaan are named after flowers.
History?
The Jordaan was build at the large expansion of the city in 1612, as a district for the working class and imigrants. It was very close to the 3 main canals where most of the buisnesses, wherehouses and rich and famous lived. This stayed so untill the 19th century, when the impoverishment started. Because of the occupation of Germay in the years 40-'45 the area became even more terrible. Nobody wanted to live here those days. Even after the war, many an old biddy will tell you stories about gowing up in the Jordaan. Bedpans emptied into the canals, flees, 12 kids crammed into 1 roomed houses....So in the seventies a large modernisation was started. After that the district was discovered by a new generation of occupants: artists, students, young entrepreneurs. Happy to live within walking distance to the citycentre, hearing distance of pubs and clubs and not needing extra rooms for kids. The old inhabitants moved to other neighborhoods and cities, where the all live today and still regret the day they moved away. The Jordaan today has changed from a slum area to a district for the rich, with lots of boutiques, terraces, restaurants and pubs. It's beautiful and one can get lost in the hundreds of small streets, crooked canals and cobbled roads. One pain in the neck living here though.....tourists......and mosquito's
I love it here. And although my house is small I wouldn't leave this area for anything.
My muffin is finished now. Yum yum.
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Actually its been a while since I went. I used to supply Vroom and Dressmann with ladies coats but the bastard won`t see me anymore! All in house.
Damn.
When I woke up in the night because of the wake (after funeral party) I thought, `that is how it should be`, so I wasn`t upset
Love to you