I had written a better beginning blog while I
was sitting in the lounge the other night but I accidentally deleted it while
adding on. Whoops..but to begin to describe Amsterdam I honestly don’t think I
can do it justice. Some of this blog was written while in Amsterdam and some
when I got back, so it jumps around.
But first off, I went on this trip with 3 of my
guy friends Zach, Brett and Nolan, all who are in the same program with me here
in Florence.
On Thursday when we arrived in Amsterdam we hit
a little bump, Nolan lost his passport. So there was that but most importantly
I had an amazing Starbucks when we got off the plane, it was so good, and I’ve
missed big coffee over here. But after that ordeal we headed to Amsterdam by
train and continued to our hostel by foot. Being in Amsterdam is just so
different; the people are super nice and just doing them. When we finally
checked into our hostel, which is a street over from the red light district. It
was a good and central location and if I ever got lost all I had to say way
“red light district?” and everyone could point me in the right direction.
Something I noticed in Holland were how the men
acted. They were nothing like the Italian men and really not like American.
They're super courteous, pleasant and friendly. I had no problem making friends
when I was out and they didn’t creep like the Italians do.
Heineken Brewery
Friday morning we woke up on the later side and
I had this Dutch pancake for breakfast in the lounge, it was with cheese and
bacon and it was amazing, like nothing I had ever had before. After that we
walked to the Heineken brewery to take a tour and it was actually really cool
to see how it's made. I even stomached drinking a beer and it was pretty nice
not gonna lie. But I passed on my other one. After the tour we went to an Irish
pub for dinner and it was once again really good. But after that we headed
around town to see some other places around us. I called it quits semi early
last night to get a good nights sleep. Our other roommates didn't allow that to
happy too well though.
Heineken beersss
Life changing Dutch pancake
One of the other things I noticed was that
there were a lot of different nationalities in Amsterdam, it wasn’t like the
other places I had been to. Most of the time when I travel locals and Americans
have surrounded me. Here there was everything, a lot of eastern and northern
Europe people. I loved meeting all the different people are seeing where they
were from.
On Saturday we woke up around the same time and
I went out for bagels, which were bomb. I got an everything bagel with chive
cream cheese, it was so good. I hadn't had a bagel since I left America. We
then went back go the hotel and headed for the zoo. Now the zoo was so cool, I
haven't been to a zoo in so long. I saw so many different animals I loved it
there. After the zoo we went to this burger places near the hotel and it
was so good. I barely eat meat over here; I swear the Italians only eat pizza
and pasta. But then we went to the hash, marijuana and hemp museum, which was
after very interesting. We then came back and took some naps. I went out for a
crepe and the others headed to the bar. Now I'm back in the lounge writing this
and taking it all in.
Just a quick selfie with a giraffe
BOMB
This afternoon (Sunday) I woke up and headed to
the lounge for a cappuccino before I set off for an adventure across Amsterdam
to meet up with two old camp friends Aymeric and Marissa. I hadn't seen them
since I was 14 or 15. The walk was suppose to be about half an hour and I made
it in about an hour and a half, needless to say I got super lost but just loved
wandering alone with a map and a camera. Just as I got to where the I Amsterdam
letters are they spotted me and if they hadn't spotted me I don't know if I
would have ever found them. But regardless the Van Gogh museum was so cool. I
love that type of painting. After the museum we went to find pancakes and got
them and then it was time to come back to the hostel. That was a lot easier to
do and I had found a Starbucks, which is like gold over here. I got back to the
hotel and met the others in the lounge before doing a little shopping... Got
all the gifts I needed to here in Amsterdam and then got a little extra,
whoops.
KP reunites in Amsterdam
But after shopping I made my way to Baba and
just had a solid night hanging out. That's exactly what I love doing. After
staying there for a while I headed back to our lounge in the hotel to hang out
a little closer to my surroundings. I hung out in the lounge for a while making
friends with different people, everyone is so friendly. Then I headed up to my
room to put all my stuff together which is always a struggle.
This morning I woke around 7:25 to leave the
hostel by 8 to make it to the airport for plenty of time. I got up got ready
and waiting downstairs till everyone else was finished. There I found out that
you can't take a taxi to central station because we are so close or it would
cost 30€ but it was pourrring out. So we had to walk in the rain for about 15
to the train. Got to the airport, flew through security found Starbucks ate and
yogurt and granola. Eating yogurt and granola made me miss home and then I
realize I only have 30 days left in this amazing country. This Vermont chick is
happy to be heading back to Florence. I had a 2 hour lay over in Germany though
and didn’t get back go Florence till 4:30ish.
Now here I am back in my bed on a Tuesday night
with no internet and I have a paper to write, pictures to upload and blogs to
post….
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