after we had breakfast in a little cafe ( egg and cheese on toast for me, sub bacon for cheese for ryan), which i forgot to get pictures of, and really, i can't photograph every single thing, we went for a walk through the shopping district for a little window shopping, and stumbled upon the grand opening of this doozy: 

yes, this is a store that sells products to enhance your bathroom experience, as well as renting out toilets by the minute. 

view from our hotel (second to last one before the apartment, oy...)

we went for a canal boat ride. this is a really fun thing to do on a rainy day, because you don't get rained on. plus, they're narrated in about 4 languages, including english, so you can learn a little bit too. 

houseboats. housing is short in amsterdam and has been for a long time, so many, many people live on houseboats. i will do a whole post on this later. 

if it weren't rainy, you'd see that this is 6 bridges. but it is rainy, so just believe me. 

this goose flew into the window. 

this was across the street from the brown cafe where we had a beer, which i also forgot to take a picture of. but i like the three graces in the balcony here. 

we went back to the indian restaurant we'd stumbled (literally, stumbled) upon our first week here: gandhi. so, so good. that's a samosa and some lamb kebab. 

cobra, mmmm

lentil soup. 

my dinner

ryan's. 

the best naan you will ever, ever eat. 

and dessert, which was rice pudding. they brought us these glasses of liquor with them. i tried some. he asked me what flavor i thought it was. i figured, "it tastes like christmas burning my esophagus", i guessed  cinnamon. close. ginger. 

you have to, i'm telling you. 

awww...

and another day bites the dust. tomorrow, i will show you our apartment, and then we can watch the tourists outside together. also, get ready for a commentary on dutch fashion. yes.