Dancers Go To the Library Too!

We live not far from the Amsterdam Central Library. It's an impressive 8-story building just opened 2 years ago. Furnished pretty much entirely of designer furnitures and decorations down to the toilet signs it combines two of my biggest wordly passions; designer chairs and books. On a hot summer day, it also have the added bonus of air conditioner (and a cafe that sells ice-cream on the top floor).

I've been taking Cora to this library for the second time now this summer. It's got an impressive space for the juvenile section on the ground floor that allows for some running around, very comfy chairs and cushions, a 'tree house' to climb to for quiet reading, and a big collection of books in all kinds of languages, DVDs and games.

When reading gets a bit too stationary for Cora, she likes to go up the hall area where there is a piano where anybody that can play are invited to play. She loves listening to them and then to dance around on the shiny floor (well, a bit marching to her own beats, but it's the happiness that counts).

And when Cora found the books she'd like to bring home (she can pick from the English and the German shelves), or if we felt a bit thirsty, we all went up to the cafe and get ourselves some ice cream and cold drinks, and then walk over the canal to take the bus home. It just feels so nice and wholesome, and at least she doesn't come home covered in sand with cuts and bruises.

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