Blogs from Amsterdam Zuidoost, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Europe - page 4

July 15-18-Amsterdam, Netherlands During our first morning in Amsterdam, Alexis and I took a stroll through a park nearby our hotel. We could not believe how many people were taking advantage of the beautiful morning. Our first impression of the people of Amsterdam was, “Wow, these people are really active”. There were runners, bicyclists, rollerbladers, dog walkers, baby carriage pushers, and even people doing step ups on the park benches. The park was packed with attractive, fit people, creating an excellent environment to meet others with similar interests. I could definitely get motivated to work out every day if I lived near this park. Bicycle lanes run parallel to all of the streets in Amsterdam which makes bicycles a very popular mode of transportation. Tourists beware! Cyclists are on a mission and it may be necessary ... read more

August 8 Today was a day exploring. We began the day with a tour of the Anne Frankhuis. Our trip has been an amazing journey through Europe and we discovered many fantastic details and histories of Europe. The Anne Frankhuis was a sober reminder of the many terrible things that have occurred throughout our history. It is important to remember these events because from these tales of pain and suffering we see the unbreakable human spirit which has an affinity for perseverance and strength. The Anne Frankhuis left us in a bit of a reflective mood and we took some time to sit quietly by the canal for some coffee and traditional apple cake. After our snack we weaved our way through the Old and New City. Eventually we found ourselves in the infamous Red Light ... read more

Today we got up at 9 o'clock. We bought breakfast from our favourite cafe. I bought a hash brown and cappacino but Theresa bought a latte. Theresa prefers change, I don't. Today Theresa and I went shopping today. We went to every single shop in driving distance in Netherlands. We went into every single shop that looked interesting. It was quite funny because Theresa did not even have any idea how much money she was spending. After a while I told her to have a look in her purse and see how much money she had. Not that that stopped her though, she still kept buying. I have to admit I am quite glad to see a metropolitian shopping centre. For lunch we had whatever was in the shops. Not a lot just enough to give ... read more

Today was another late start. I am starting not to care though. Today Theresa and I were going to check out the 17th Century Canals. Today I was taking the nap in the back and Theresa was driving. It took us about 40 minutes and it might have been sooner if we actually had any idea where we going. Since Theresa was driving she decided that we should just drive and when we saw the water we were there. When she had finally given up and asked me if I had the directions, I pulled out a slip of paper from my bag and passed it to her. The canals were beautiful. I was pretty cool. I was a bit scared though, we almost tipped the whole boat thing. Theresa looked as if this was the ... read more

This morning there was no wasting time. I literally pushed Theresa out of her bed and shoved her into the bathroom at 8. She was about to slap me but I threatened to throw her straightner out the window, so she didn't object. She dutifully got dressed, in record time if I do say so myself and we were ready to go by 9 o'clock sharp. This time I made sure that both Theresa and I had brought everything we needed to bring for example our camera's. It was actually a really long drive to The Kuekenhof Gardens and Theresa slept like a baby in the car. Which I meant I had to drive for an hour. First of all though I bought breakfast. 2 hash brown's each and 1 cappacino's each from our favourite cafe, ... read more