Walk # 5: Peace and the City

What a joy it gives to stand here while breathing and feeling free! Despite the pandemic some open parts of Amsterdam —the cáñala — look as if no pandemic is not occurring. This view is peacefully urban because we are inside the capital. I suspect it has looked like this - unfettered, relaxed, serene—for at least one hundred years. 

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