Betsy Apartments Zandvoort

... in all of the sights. Unfortunately the weather wasn't so great, it was a bit cooler and cloudy, a couple of raindrops fell throughout the day. Abby and I stopped in a small cute cafe for a cup of coffee, we have been playing a lot of cards lately, which she usually hates to do, so that has been nice. We had some Turkish food for dinner, and some Dutch french fries with this sauce that was the ...

... get travellers gut, i guess I get travellers lips. Ben seems to have some dry skin as well, so there must be something to it. Except as wet as it seems here, I have a hard time pinning it on dry winter air. Birds. They are loud. I guess you dont automatically think about birds in a downtown city area, but when its run through with canals ...

... Yes, this means we saw the Red Light District and everything it entails, and yes, we have seen many many coffee shops. But it also means we saw the Amsterdam Historical Museum, which was very nicely put together, as well as the Anne Frank house and the famous annex where the Franks lived. That was also very well put together and a very powerful place to visit. Also, we've gone to a pub or two. We are planning on heading out again tonight! Another fact about Europe ...

... Netherlands' main port and business center. After that, they gave the Dutch five days to surrender. You would say, "NO!" too, wouldn't you? That was your initial answer, right? The Blitzkrieg was too much. German paratroopers, tanks, artillery, warplanes, and hundreds of thousands of stormtroopers poured into the Dutch countryside and cities. They cut off bridges, took over factories, and walked up to the buildings of Dutch government carrying the most lethal ...

... this place is. Even with people from around the globe, the flowers were brilliant! We walked around these massive gardens. It would be easy to spend an entire weekend just here. Lily was a trooper. With all of the people and having to stick close. Good dog. Wanting more fields of flowers we went for a drive. In the area of the gardens are many of the fields. We noticed ...

... tried to put us in a massive 20 person dorm room. The way that the listing had been worded on the internet was very tricky so we asked to get our money back. They ended up giving us a refund since demand was high on the weekend. We walked around for a while and found a place with reasonable prices. The room was very small and it was kind of a fleabag hotel but all we needed was a place to sleep and that is ...

... liked it for its little side streets packed with cafes and cool little restaurants. Amsterdam was the first time on the trip that i got to eat asian food, a little cute Indonesian restaurant was the luckiest find. We walked through the red light district with the tour group, some of them went off to see a sex show. I got the gist of what would be on the cards so i went looking ...

I am so glad I picked up and trecked across the continent on a whim! I was completely spoiled by having friends for a few days! Not that i havent been meeting people everywhere along the way, but its a whole nother feeling to be with a group and do everything together. I had an awesome time and i saw a city that I wasn't sure I was going to see. AND I made some new friends... what more could a girl ask for! I have actually attempted writing this update TWICE already but ...

... We began to discuss our course of action once we returned to the States. We talked about the sadness of leaving to go back. And then we went to a traditional Indonesian dinner and ordered a rijsttafel. To the colonizer go great ethnic cuisines of the colonizee. For the Dutch, this means great Indonesian food. Our waiter was the most polite man I have ever seen in the entire world. He deliberately placed dish after dish in a line across our table, and we joyfully tasted each exotic ...

Man! Life has been a bit chaotic for the last 6hrs. Well, we got off the plane and went searching for our stuff. After many questions we finally found our bags and then...OUR BIKES! Fortunately, they were both in near perfect condition. Anyhow, we decided to rebuild our bikes right there in the airport (we had to box our bikes for travel, removing the pedals, twisting the handlebars) and then we took the train to the city. While I ...