Main bar we frequented
Anne Frank's House
The canals
A famous foot bridge
Rocking the wooden clogs
After a good time in Maastricht, we headed of by train to Amsterdam!! The trip took about two hours and we arrived early in the afternoon to our hotel- the Hotel Nadia. A fun fact to know about Amsterdam is that houses were taxed by the base square footage, so they are very small, but very tall and the staircases are very, very steep. Here is a picture to show a set:
After checking in, we then went on a canal cruise and saw all the main sights by boat. We lucked out cause it was a beautiful day to go around the canals. We then headed over to the Anne Frank house and it was really interesting to see all the information that the museum gathered together. They had video footage, notes, pictures, and floor plans. Having read the book, it was amazing to see the space in real life.
We spent the rest of the evening walking around the town, visiting cafes (if you know what I mean), and even visited the Red Light District briefly. THAT was an interesting place...lots of stores of women and crazy things going on. You are not allowed to take pictures in there, so sorry you can't get a true image of it all.
The next day we went to the Van Gogh Museum, which is one of my favorite painters. I got to see a few of my favorites and learned more about his life. We then stopped for lunch and had a giant pancake that was bigger then the plate it was on!! It was delicious though! After that, we headed to the train station and bought tickets to take us to Berlin.
The train ride was a whole other story.... we originally were planned to arrive in Berlin at 10:30 pm, but we missed our connecting train! We were then assigned to a night train that wouldn't arrive until 4:30 am!! It ended up working out though because we ended up in a handicap room with just the two of us and ended up being then our hostel in Berlin!
Pancake I had
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