November 30, 2014 -- After a successful Thanksgiving dinner from the night before, Sarah and I were looking for a way to walk off the over-eating and recover from food coma. Winter had descended on Amsterdam so we set our sights on the Hermitage Museum to escape the cold weather.
Hermitage Amsterdam is a branch of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg. It occupies a beautiful building on the Amstel, although sees far less foot traffic than its world class neighbors a few kilometers away: the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh museum and Stedelijk modern art museum. I've really grown to appreciate the Hermitage and its hidden charm. It took us more than a year of living here before walking through the halls of the Hermitage, but now we've been twice this month.
