Eventually we went into a cafe
Outside of the Grand Cafe samen
Bar area from our table
Bob ordered the anytime breakfast
Bob's fried egg, cheese and tea
My cheese sandwich
I just had a cheese sandwich and a cup of tea.
Dessert refrigerator (we didn't get any)
Bob suddenly panicked because he couldn't find his passport. He knew he had not put it into the safe. I thought I remembered him saying that he wasn't going to take it because he wouldn't need it, but he didn't remember saying that. So we started out from the cafe to go back to the hotel.
Bob was looking at the map (I forgot that he really couldn't see it without his glasses) and he took us the completely wrong way and we were down at the other end of Alkmaar. We came to the Accijnstoren
The Accijnstoren
which is square and built in brick with natural stones. The tower has a loud bell. It was initially a kind of tax office. Imported goods had to be declared here, the excise taxes that produced them were an important source of income for the city.
Fender guitar
Games Workshop
HT Cinema Sexshop
Bob walking back from the far end of the old town
Although since the old part of town isn't that big, we weren't too far out of the way. Then he remembered that he had left his umbrella at the cafe. So we found our way back there, but it wasn't there.
Cheese Museum after the market is over
Once we were there, I knew which way to go to get back to the hotel, and when we got there, Bob's passport was right there. So we just had the lost umbrella. I am not accustomed to Bob losing things. Usually it is me that loses things.
After we got back to the hotel (and found Bob's passport), we watched TV while the scooter charged up.
Outside of the Grand Cafe samen
Bar area from our table
Bob ordered the anytime breakfast
Bob's fried egg, cheese and tea
My cheese sandwich
I just had a cheese sandwich and a cup of tea.
Dessert refrigerator (we didn't get any)
Bob suddenly panicked because he couldn't find his passport. He knew he had not put it into the safe. I thought I remembered him saying that he wasn't going to take it because he wouldn't need it, but he didn't remember saying that. So we started out from the cafe to go back to the hotel.
Bob was looking at the map (I forgot that he really couldn't see it without his glasses) and he took us the completely wrong way and we were down at the other end of Alkmaar. We came to the Accijnstoren
The Accijnstoren
which is square and built in brick with natural stones. The tower has a loud bell. It was initially a kind of tax office. Imported goods had to be declared here, the excise taxes that produced them were an important source of income for the city.
Fender guitar
Games Workshop
HT Cinema Sexshop
Bob walking back from the far end of the old town
Although since the old part of town isn't that big, we weren't too far out of the way. Then he remembered that he had left his umbrella at the cafe. So we found our way back there, but it wasn't there.
Cheese Museum after the market is over
Once we were there, I knew which way to go to get back to the hotel, and when we got there, Bob's passport was right there. So we just had the lost umbrella. I am not accustomed to Bob losing things. Usually it is me that loses things.
After we got back to the hotel (and found Bob's passport), we watched TV while the scooter charged up.
- Next entry in the series 'Go to Amsterdam First (1950, 1965, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2022)': The Afternoon in Alkmaar - 2016
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