Trainspotting - a walk on the wild side...

When we go out for a walk, we usually go to the Westerpark, which is next door. This is where the Westergasfabriek used to be. The old factory buildings were redecorated and now they are used as exhibition hall, restaurant, cafe, cinema, kindergarden etc. and even the city hall has offices in one of the buildings. The park is nice and modern, it's full of spring flowers. The colours are wonderful. There are also some crazy and funny artworks in the park. Tja, the Amsterdam artists...

At the other end of the park trains are running to and from Central Station. Sometimes we go trainspotting with Timur. These Dutch trains are nice and yellow and you can spot them from a great distance. We have to climb up to a little hill to see the trains and there we also get a nice overview of the park. Kids are playing football, dogs are running and sniffing, ducks are swimming in the lake, seagulls are flying above our head, joggers and bikers pass by. There are not many trees in the Westerpark, so the wind can be very strong. Timur comments the situation with some mumbling. On the way home he nearly always falls asleep.