To kick off spring break, Ret, Audree, and I took a long train ride up to Amsterdam. Geographicly this was the best way to start our trip as we could work our way south from there. That's the reason we started there and that's final! When leaving the train station in Amsterdam you immediately take notice of the extraordinary mounds of bicycles. Some of which even have people on them. Coming from Rome, trading our god-forsaken motor scooters for the light gurgle of these prescious little cyclists is more than welcome. They then doubled our relief by learning and subsequently speaking english flawlessly nation-wide. It's like they knew we were coming. Anyway, we checked into our hostile and wasted no time in hitting the town. Just walking around old Amsterdam trying to get lost is worth
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