Amsterdam is built on canals.
This is a Coffee Shop.
Egg & Cheese Pancake w/ Maple Syrup.... mmmm!
If you go to Amsterdam, I recommend the Heineken Experience!So on Day 5 we departed Berlin at 9am to embark on what was supposed to be an 8 hour drive which turned into a 10.5 hour drive. This is one think I disliked about Spring Break was all the travel time, time wasted, traffic, etc. My suggestion for their next Northern Loop trip is to make these bus rides overnight therefore you can just sleep and no day time is wasted. Needless to say though, we arrived in Amsterdam after dark and a lot later than expected so we quickly changed and got ready to explore the night life of Amsterdam. We went out to Coffee shops around the city and these aren't our typical coffee shops. Yes, they sell marijuana and yes, you are allowed to smoke in the coffeeshops. It's actually rare to see people drinking coffee. I didn't smoke but other people had fun. And actually marijuana is illegal in Amsterdam but there's like laws in Amsterdam that things can happen if they are discrete, they generate business, and there's one other stipulation but I don't' remember it. Just like how prostitution takes place in Amsterdam in the Red Light District, we walked through at night and you see all the girls in the windows (most are very unattractive) but it was really weird like how could these girls put themselves out there every night but our tour guide said it's their business and they are actually very particular, make a lot of money, and at times even turn guys away. It's not about what they do, it's more about the business aspect. It was funny though, a group of us American college students walking through the district when most of the other people were groups of men.
Day 6 began with the New Europe Amsterdam walking tour where our tour guide was like all over the place and it felt like we were going round and round in circles on the tour. We saw a lot of stuff but honestly I can't even remember what we saw. After the tour though we went to the Heneiken Experience which is not only a tour of the brewery but its also an actual experience with interaction and beer. It was really interesting actually to see how this famous beer was made and there was a 3D simulation experience and a bar at the end of the tour to have a few glasses of Heineken. We then were determined to try Amsterdam's famous pancakes so we went to the Carousel Pancake place and I had a pancake with egg, cheese, and of course... syrup! It was more like a crepe but definitely worth it. After our pancake pit-stop we went to the Anne Frank House which was so interesting. It was crazy how she and her family were in hiding for so long. I remember reading her diary in elementary school and to finally see where they were hiding in the annex for so long was unbelievable. There was no furniture in the house but you could still feel what she and her family must have gone through. We ended the day with souvenir shopping (I've decided to collect baseball caps, I wear them often and it's a cheap souvenir!) and Wok to Walk (a fast food Chinese Restaurant located all over Amsterdam). We walked sooo much in Amsterdam and I was sooo exhausted. Our hostel was a room of 10 beds and let me tell you.. it's hard to sleep in a room full of ten people when everyone is on their own agenda and Emily was sick so she was snoring and anybody that knows me... knows that if someone snores, I will literally be awake all night. Regardless of the no sleep, Amsterdam was such a fun city and very, very different than all other cities I've visited thus far.
Day 6 began with the New Europe Amsterdam walking tour where our tour guide was like all over the place and it felt like we were going round and round in circles on the tour. We saw a lot of stuff but honestly I can't even remember what we saw. After the tour though we went to the Heneiken Experience which is not only a tour of the brewery but its also an actual experience with interaction and beer. It was really interesting actually to see how this famous beer was made and there was a 3D simulation experience and a bar at the end of the tour to have a few glasses of Heineken. We then were determined to try Amsterdam's famous pancakes so we went to the Carousel Pancake place and I had a pancake with egg, cheese, and of course... syrup! It was more like a crepe but definitely worth it. After our pancake pit-stop we went to the Anne Frank House which was so interesting. It was crazy how she and her family were in hiding for so long. I remember reading her diary in elementary school and to finally see where they were hiding in the annex for so long was unbelievable. There was no furniture in the house but you could still feel what she and her family must have gone through. We ended the day with souvenir shopping (I've decided to collect baseball caps, I wear them often and it's a cheap souvenir!) and Wok to Walk (a fast food Chinese Restaurant located all over Amsterdam). We walked sooo much in Amsterdam and I was sooo exhausted. Our hostel was a room of 10 beds and let me tell you.. it's hard to sleep in a room full of ten people when everyone is on their own agenda and Emily was sick so she was snoring and anybody that knows me... knows that if someone snores, I will literally be awake all night. Regardless of the no sleep, Amsterdam was such a fun city and very, very different than all other cities I've visited thus far.
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