The title of this post is copied from one of the main squares in Amsterdam. The Latin sign appears far above the square, etched in big bold letters on a stone gate that is left from the past, carrying the ancestral wisdom: a wise man does not piss against the wind.
This post, describing my second and third days in Amsterdam, is published in quite a delay. I know this - I have been really busy lately, finding a job and everything. I now have a job, but not yet an appartment. I will write about this later. In the meanwhile - you can read a bit more about Amsterdam.
Keukenhof, the biggest flower garden in Europe (they claim, in the world; I am reluctant in such matters), surprised me in the big combination of colours, odors, and styles they created from a relatively small variety of flower species. In fact, the vast majority of flowers there belonged to one of four types: tulips, narcises, and two types which I know only their Hebrew names but not the English one.
A doctorate thesis defence was the centre of my first day in Amsterdam. The second one was dedicated to tulips and other flowers; the third one for the queen and the fourth to the city itself. On my fifth day I visited a few museums and my last half-day was well spent in the markets. This is the first in a series of posts describeing some of the major events I experienced while visiting my brother, who lives in this famous city, the “Venice of the north”. This post describes my first day there, on which I escorted my brother in one of his pleasent social commitments.
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