Amsterdam

This summer I finally made it to Amsterdam. My friend Casey came over to Europe to visit and since Amsterdam is a must see tourist spot we went there for two days. Like any big city with a ton of history, 2 days was good, but I could have stayed longer. It is a must see city.

We stayed at a nice hotel in the Museum area. I highly recommend this area. It is close to all the must see sights, but it is quiet.

We got a 24 hour pass on the canal boat system, which I highly recommend. It was a great way to see the city and it was like an all in one taxi. So, how does that work? Well there are stops all along the canals and you can hop on and off whenever or where ever you would like in a 24hour period.

We went to the Van Gogh Museum which was amazing he was quite an artist, but I will have to say, he was quite crazy. Never the less he produced quite a collection of masterpieces.

Another must see in AMS is the Anne Frank House. I hope everyone reading this is familiar with Anne Frank's Diary entries. The museum is the original house persevered. Talk about a gut check. All the Nazi prosecution took place not too long ago. Yikes.

We went to the Heineken Brewery, which was a highlight for me as Heineken Light is one of my favorite beers.

We walked a lot, saw a lot and ate a lot. All qualities of a prefect outing.

When night fell we went to the Red Light district. It is strange how it seemed somewhat normal because no one makes a big deal out of the prostitution. It is excepted. My over all impression of the red light district was different than I thought it would be. Smell like fresh pot smoke(normal here), the girls were pretty (shocking) and the tourist were tourist.

“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” - Robert Lewis Stevenson