{"id":2336,"date":"2008-11-09T17:18:49","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T11:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2008-11-09T17:23:02","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T11:23:02","slug":"what-amsterdam-means-to-me-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/11\/09\/what-amsterdam-means-to-me-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"what amsterdam means to me, part 2&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blank-insert1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blank-insert1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"blank-insert1\" width=\"500\" height=\"5\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blank-insert1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/blank-insert1-300x3.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I walk along the streets of my new hometown, I walk with my great grandmother, holding her grandson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hand, half a century ago. <\/p>\n<p>Going into Amsterdam together was a true delight for both of them &#8211; a very special date. It was usually around Christmas time when they would come in on the train from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/79925372@N00\/324878049\/\"target=\"_blank\">Leiderdorp<\/a>. My great grandmother, who I called Nanny Bijkerk, would take her grandson to see the Christmas windows at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/22495348@N07\/2168725144\/\"target=\"_blank\">bijenkorf<\/a> department store in dam square. Nanny Bijkerk would treat her grandson to lunch in the store restaurant which back then,  was an extravagance. Then she would take him to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kellinahandbasket\/53363615\/\"target=\"_blank\">Tuschinski\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s<\/a> to see a film. After the film they would stop at an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/42793852@N00\/366409255\/\"target=\"_blank\">olieballen stall<\/a> and indulge in a sugary treat before heading back to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/amstermarc\/2831139872\/\"target=\"_blank\"> Centraal Station <\/a>and catching the train home. <\/p>\n<p>When I walk along the streets of my new hometown, I walk with my Nanny Bijkerk. I look in the bijenkorf windows and see her reflection. I walk past Tuschinski\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and see her hand in hand with her grandson, walking up the staircase. I indulge in an afternoon treat of olieballen and feel her presence. I look down at my empty hand and see a boy look up at me, wide-eyed and happy. The boy looks just like me.<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>(to read <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/11\/03\/what-amsterdam-means-to-me\/\"target=\"_blank\">part one<\/a>, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2008\/11\/03\/what-amsterdam-means-to-me\/\"target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I walk along the streets of my new hometown, I walk with my great grandmother, holding her grandson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hand, half a century ago. Going into Amsterdam together was a true delight for both of them &#8211; a very special date. 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