Golden Tulip Amsterdam

... words accident, happen and waiting spring to mind:-)<br><br>The Bhutanese still believe in their own version of the Yeti - the Migoi which differs from the Tibetan Yeti. Differences include having the ability to make themselves invisible.<br>Yes, I am going to ask the obvious......anyone seen one???

... and put into camps where only the father survived. He later went back to the house and found a diary that his daughter Anne had written during their hiding. Very interesting, moving and overwhelming stuff&#8230;Hanno, the girls and I went to the Amsterdam Dungeon house instead. There's no real story about this house other than it was entertaining fun and I got tortured.<br><br>Well ...

... Leeuw, where they serve an excellent grilled Pastrami, Mozzarella and Pesto sandwich, as well as perfect coffee. We spent the entire afternoon walking the city and observing the people. We made it to the Anne Frank house, which I quite wanted to see, but the lineup was around the block! We took a pass on that and headed to the Van Gogh Museum, only to encounter the same ...

... but it's never open. Turns out that it's the office of an organization that works to protect old buildings and neighborhoods. We learned how farmers used to bring their corn there to be measured and judged for quality. Then we went to a very old house (1520s) in the Red Light District that is now home to the Salvation Army (2 floors) and where a family lives on the upper floors. Finally, we went ...

... is because in the 17th and 18th century, property taxes were based on the width of the home (Students, this is what we refer to as a distortionary tax). As a result the staircases are incredibly narrow. There is no way a twin bed will even get up them. When the homes were originally built, the family lived on the first floor and the merchants used the upper floors as warehouses. So every home has a joist protruding from the roof that was used to ...

... outdoor theatres and yoga classes and a restaurant. Families were everywhere! It was a little chilly but at least it wasn't raining anymore! :) We loved the architecture! I think that Amsterdam was one of the most beautiful cities that we saw on our trip! I loved the architecture, and the feeling of the cobble stone streets and unique Dutch food was so interesting and comfortable.

Today we took it easy, we went to the central station and had some fika and nice walk around the shopping streets of Amsterdam. We also show the area where there are a lot of shops selling tulip bulbs and cannabis starter kits...this is Amsterdam :)

... but we all bought a little something to remind ourselves of it anyways (for me, jewelry, obviously!) we also checked out the red light district. That was quite something. We went once in the evening before things really got going, and again at night. It actually made me feel kind of sad being there and seeing at all happen in front of my eyes. It made me think about my mom and how she raised me to have more self worth than that. Thanks mommy!! We also had some amazing ...

... heritage sight and hence save every individual town the trouble of pointing it out! So from Luxembourg we headed to Brugge, and not only can this town claim that it has been recognised as a UNESCO world heritage sight it also seems to love pointing out that it is the most touristy place in the whole of Belgium. In the 2 days that we spent their several locals stopped us and informed us of the fact. This reputation is not, however, completely undeserved ...

... the Oostindisch Huis. We then walked back across Rokin to the Begijnhof with its wooden house and English Church. Walked back along Rokin, stopping for coffee in a shopping centre before arriving at Muntsplein and its Munttoren. We walked further down Vijzelstraat to the Rijksmuseum then along Stadhouderskade to the Heineken Experience house in the old Heineken Brewery. After enjoying our three glasses of Heineken we walked back up Rokin and had a late luch from one of the ...