AMSTERDAM
Impressions: Perfect weather, beautiful canals, well designed museums, rich history, charming tall houses, friendly people, houseboats, bikes EVERYWHERE
Food: Indonesian chicken sandwich, Heineken,coffee on a beautiful street by the canals (see picture above), pancakes for dinner, Tasty Asia Asian Fusion restaurant with Andy (friend from camp last summer in France who came down to visit), ham and gouda grilled cheese (toastie), hot dog with lots of toppings ... cheese, relish, curry sauce, ketchup, mustard, crunchy fried onions, etc., stroopwafels (VERY tasty cookies with thin, buttery, waffle.like cookies with syrup in the middle), salty black licorice (apparently an acquired taste)
People: Met up with Andy (US) and Taz (France), two friends from the camp I worked at last summer in France the second day. On the third day, after seeing her response to my Facebook status about being in Holland, I met up with my friend Lotte for a coffee and to wander around town before catching a train down to Rotterdam that evening. She worked as a visiting Dutch professor at Indiana University 3 years ago for a semester. We met while I was studying there, and I hadn´t seen her since. A nice surprise to meet up with her again!
Renting bikes with Andy and his harmonica
By a canal with Lotte while wandering around town
Other: Rented bikes and rode along the canals for hours, Van Gogh museum, Anne Frank house, flower market, Koning written all over the place (bridges, plazas, restaurants,) anti-nuclear energy rally with a performance by a Dutch Morrocan hip hop artist
Picture of my rental bike by Koning bridge ... right before I ate an ¨American hot dog¨ while sitting by the canal
Flower Market
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