We actually got the kids back out of the hotel room at 7:30pm so we could go visit the Anne Frank house and avoid some lines. The museum stays open in the summer until 9pm. The Anne Frank house is about 1/4 mile from our hotel. We walk up there and are surprised to find that even at 7:45pm there is a line. We wait, but only for about 20 minutes and go on the self guided tour. It is very moving and very well preserved. The exhibit allows you climb up into the annex and view the living quarters of the family. There are also displays of her actual diaries and some video feeds of people she came in contact with. The diary has been translated into 65 languages and they have copies of all of them.

At about 9pm we go to find some dinner. Deb remembers seeing a "Noodles and Go" restaurant near the hotel. So we go....this is an interesting concept that might do well on University Avenue, or on Main Street in Santa Monica. You pick a noodle type (vermicelli, egg etc) and then a meat topping (spicy chicken, lamb with eggplant, curry tofu etc) and then a vegetable (mushrooms, beans in coconut sauce etc) and then it all goes in to a paper box, one on top on another and then into the microwave.

We take the boxes of noodles and some drinks back to our hotel. There is a lovely courtyard with tables and chairs. The night is unbelivably clear (in contrast to the cloudy day) and warm enough to sit outside with jackets on. Marc runs upstairs for some glasses and waters and we eat our noodles with chopsticks in our hotel courtyard. One of our best meals yet.

Back to the room to eat the chocolate that housekeeping has left on our pillows and maybe even a movie on the TV.

Tomorrow the Rijks museum..