After many wonderful hours of much needed sleep, we woke up this morning at our host homes to a wonderful Dutch breakfast. we then met at the church at 8:30 am to begin our full day with a bus ride back into Amsterdam. Our primary destination today was the Rijksmuseum, full of many pieces of Dutch art and artifacts, most of which came from the Dutch Golden Age, 17th century. We ere given tours by Ken in 3 groups, and they had a lot of free time to browse and admire the works on our own. Some of the most famous works were those by Rembrandt. After the museum, we had free time to roam the city for shops and places to eat. Some opted for sandwich shops, others for nicer restaurants, but of course there were some yet who opted for the supermarket. At 12:30, we met back at the bus for our ride to Haarlem in order to prepare for our afternoon concert. After waiting in a big traffic jam, we were back at the church, rehearsing. the concert was at 4:00.

Ana Loucks