Hellllooo everyone! John and I are just in Amsterdam (got here about 24 hours ago...). It's amazing. Someone once told me it was the only "liveable" European city, and I have to completely agree. Despite all the people, and the madness (there are bikes and cars flying by everywhere) it's beautiful, fun, and offers up some epic people watching opportunities.
So far we've walked all around town. We went to the Red Light District and Erotic Museum this morning and took a "hop on, hop off" canal tour throughout the day. These canal tours are incredible. I never knew Amsterdam had so many canals winding through it, but it offers a really cool perspective of the city and is all-in-all a far more affordable alternative for transportation (vs. the metro which cost us 5.25 euro one way--yikes!). The buildings are also incredibly unique. The city supposedly used to charge lots based on width, so everything is built up and is ridiculously skinny. John and I witnessed a young couple unsuccessfully attempting to hoist up a huge basket of goods to a 4th story window yesterday afternoon. Can't say we were too jealous!
Other than that we've been eating. Not really enjoyable. There's a reason Dutch restaurants don't exist but at least our wallets are getting a break! Our future plans are to see the Anne Frank house, visit a 500+ beer house (guess whose idea that was), do a biking tour around the city, visit a local park for a free concert tomorrow afternoon, and hopefully swing by the Van Gough museum on our way out of town Monday. We are heading to either Bruges or Brussels for a night and then heading back to Paris for an overnight to Florence. See you in Italy!
PS Sorry Mom. My camera works but I don't have the hook ups to post pictures on this thing. You'll just have to wait til I get back!
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