Amsterdammed Out

Sitting here, about to go to bed, it's been very difficult gathering my thoughts on last week, but mainly because the one and only Amsterdam was in the middle.... Ahhhh Amsterdam.. I should have known how interesting this weekend would have been from the start. First, we leave Norderney and hop on our train, which begins having technical difficulties and drops everyone off at some random stop in the Netherlands and the pretty much say good luck in finding your way to Amsterdam. So all 15 or so of us figure out where the next train is and we finally make it to centraal station! Now for the sketchy 11:30 pm walk for 45 minutes to our hotel in a foreign country on a Friday night. The streets were packed, the smells were, let's say, earthy. And we we ready for some sleep. The Marriott was a great choice although a little expensive, we all felt safe and were ready to view the city the next day.

We started off with a boat tour, which was just alright, but it was nice to see the canals and then we headed to get some coffee and see the bulldog and spend the day wandering the town. We went to the Heineken Experience, which was pretty awesome and I got very cultured, per say. Next we went to a park and rested for awhile on the sunny day and then headed to the Anne Frank museum which was very nice to visit at least once in a lifetime. The next day we woke up late and went to the van Gogh exhibit and the red light district again. It was a rather interesting place, and I can't say that I honestly have any appeal of visiting it again. Once was enough for me.

By 4:30 we were Amsterdamed out and ready to go back to Germany, where the language is at least familiar and the city is clean.

Tomorrow we have the Cologne cathedral planned and Wednsday we are gong to the USA vs. FRANCE WOMENS WORLD CUP GAME. HOW Awesome is that!?!?!!!?

Well, sorry for the errors, this iPad isn't the best for typing, but oh well, and hopefully I can post again before Paris on Friday!

Tschuss!!