Last City ... Amsterdam

So we got into Amsterdam and we had to wait in line to get metro tickets. We eventually found our tram and took it to the stop that the directions to the hotel said. But once we got off, we were lost. We wanted in the wrong direction twice before finding a map. Finally I found the street on the map and we went there. They didn't have our reservation ... Great! But there other hotel did and it was only a few blocks away. So the address brought us to one place but the directions brought us to a different place, no wonder we got lost.

We left our bags and headed back to the main square to do a free walking tour. Our guide was on crack, quite literally, maybe not at that moment, but there were some signs for sure. I said to Amber, "this guy needs to smoke some pot to mellow himself down". We toured around and saw the city and tuned out our guide most of the time. It was a little strange walking through the red light district, even in he day. And even talking about drugs makes me a little uncomfortable, so that 50% of the tour right there. But we did learn some history and interesting non-drug related facts, so it wasn't all that bad.

After the tour checked into the hotel and bummed around for a bit. Then we decided to get some food, so we headed back to the main square and found this Thai place, and it was terrible! We ordered and my soup came half an hour later. Then 2 other tables got their food before us, even though they came in 20 minutes after. There was only 4 tables in he resturaunt and our food took an hour. And then my order wasn't correct and it was extremely bland.

We really wanted to go home, so didn't feel like doing anything else, so we headed to bed.

The next day we slept in for the first time this trip, I know hat sad. We didn't get going until 1. We decided to skip the Reiget museum and headed straight for the Anne frank house. It was pretty cool to see where they all lived and hear the story again. Amber bought he book.

We spent the rest of he day shopping. Amber wants me to tell you about her jeans that she got. They were for teenagers and they fit her, short legs and all. And they we on sale. We bought a few other things as well, some more cool underwear, because underwear in Canada is either boring or super expensive. A sweater for amber and some souvenirs for our nephews and friends.

We went back and packed our suitcase and calculated how much we spent, so we could tell customs on our way back into Canada.

It was late but we headed back out for dinner. The first place we wanted to go to was open but heir kitchen was closed, so we headed down a side street and found a Dutch cuisine, place where we could get crockets. We had a nice dinner there. We walked back in the dark and saw the lights at night.

We headed to bed, we needed to be up early he next morning to catch our flight.

A great end to an amazing trip.

written by  Trevor and Amber on June 22, 2009 from Amsterdam, Netherlands
from the travel blog: Europe Trip
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