Rest Day

Today we took a day off of the course. A group of us awoke, had some breakfast and headed into Amsterdam. Some of the Men’s s team headed to the beach near Den Haag. It is a little over an hour by train with one transfer to Amsterdam from Zoetermeer. The weather was nice and cool due to some clouds and rain, which was a nice change. We arrived at Amsterdam Centraal, the main train station and headed on foot to the Van Gogh Museum about 30 minutes away. It was an impressive museum with about 200 of his original pieces. It was a great way to learn about the artist, and the ten years he drawings and paintings. His paintings are even more beautiful in person. After the museum some headed back to the train station and some of us headed towards the Anne Frank house. We wound our way through the streets lining the canals to get there. Many of the buildings are leaning and tilted. The canals were lined with houseboats and most of them had large colorful gardens on their roofs. The line for the Anne Frank house was too long, as expected, but it was an honor to even walk by it and see the area. We made our way back to the train station and headed back to Zoetermeer. Tomorrow is Sprint practice!