this afternoon we had to be in this street... when we arrived it turned out to not be a street at the moment! so we parked our bikes and walked... as you see, there are still lots of bikes everywhere, and some people were just biking regardless (as many dutch do, but im not good at that). here i bought my first things off the dutch craigslist (i.e. marktplaats); a 70s (i think) breadbox! its huge, and painted in orange with flowers. and... you can hang it on the wall, so thats what tim did when we got home. i like it so much! perfect for our homebaked bread...
we also completely changed the setup in the living room. if you look at this pic; we now put the couch in the corner with the pink wall. but.... that really required the white wall painted into some bright color... so today we bought the brightest orange we could find, and now that white wall is orange... (pictures some other time). a bit extreme perhaps, but we both really like it. ah, and we finally got some rain. ofcourse right when we were out biking; we got soaked entirely.... but after all that heat without any rain it was kind of fun, actually....
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A common view in Amsterdam in summer. Sand everywhere and Metro closed.
A breadbox hanging on the wall? Never seen that before, interesting.
its this one: https://www.google.nl/search?q=brabantia+broodtrommel+oranje&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&ei=Hw_1UeLYKIGktAaN94GQBw&biw=1600&bih=775&sei=JQ_1Ue_TGcSltAbf1oGYCQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=Oqt651ptQh5ZPM%3A%3BvpYrRMSFAz1TaM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi.marktplaats.com%252F00%252Fs%252FNzY4WDEwMjQ%253D%252F%2524(KGrHqUOKpIFGLuYINLOBRmhMECigw~~60_84.JPG%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.marktplaats.nl%252Fa%252Fhuis-en-inrichting%252Fkeuken-keukenbenodigdheden%252Fm679152795-brabantia-broodtrommel-oranje.html%3B498%3B373
its huge!
Ik wist niet dat je die op kon hangen. Ik ben net eindelijk van al mijn oranje huisraad af en nu wordt het weer gekocht! Ha,ha uit de jaren 70 inderdaad.
A huge bread box hung on the wall? That is unusual. I like the idea of a bright orange wall. You can't be timid. If you decide it is wrong later, it is always easy to paint over.
Great photo. Remember to go back for another photo when the road has been fixed.
It looks like this is going to be paved with bricks? That's a lot more inviting than the stuff they slather on streets here (and this paving lets water percolate down, which helps reduce flooding). It looks like an interesting street.
I saw a blue box today that was advertised as a "Dutch bread box." It looked big enough for about 3 loaves of bread.
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