We arrived in Amsterdam 20 minutes ahead of schedule and made our way to our hostel. We considered all the options before us: pubcrawls, red-light district, dancing, skating, souvenir shopping, street-food, "coffee shops".... and finally decided to have supper at a sports bar and watch some football. It was a very nice first night. The next morning we went on a free walking tour. It was 3 hours long with an awesome tour guide. Very cool to learn things a lot more in depth about Amsterdam and its typical reputation. We both actually gained a lot of respect for the party-town.
From Amsterdam, we made our way to Belgium. We had intended to stay in Brussels, but all the hostels were booked for the 2 nights we wanted to stay. We booked one instead in Brugge. Very glad we did -- We even extended our stay an extra night. It was a beautiful town with tons of character and tons to do, all in walking distance. The first day we had Belgium fries (Belgium is actually where french fries originated.... there's n
othing French about them!), and checked out some of the local sights. Spent some time in the Chocolate Museum and tasted some samples :)Their tourist map was hilarious. It was made by locals for young travellers, and was full of funny tips. We hung onto it to share with everyone back home. The next day we went skating in the Market Square downtown for a couple hours. It was pretty cool, because most everyone on the ice was trying skating for the first time. Made us look like pros!We made a 9-hour journey across Germany today and are now back in Berlin for a couple nights. We were here only 5 weeks ago, and know that this train trip is coming to an end....
We'll keep you posted.
~ Ash & Chad
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