Back to sightseeing.
Here is the Westerkerk. I did not do it justice. It looms over all the streets in the vicinity. Looms? No, that sounds grim. It's just so beautiful. The bright colours catch the sun and it made me smile from streets away. The closest I can come to for similar pleasure is seeing the blue-grey dome of St Paul's (London) from a distance, and then rounding the corner on a side street and there it is.
Just gorgeous.
It is so close to the Anne Frank House. I can completely understand why she found the chimes so comforting. It was either that or go mad
In the shadow of the Westerkerk is the Homomonument. Yes, it's what it sounds like. Designed as three triangles it represents and commemorates the gays who died in the concentration camps (who had to wear a pink trinagle). I took some pics, but they're just not that photogenic. They were designed to blend into the existing surroundings, and they do. Very moving though.