Hotel Amare Zandvoort

... stops right at the beach. The town reminds me of PEI because it's small and friendly. Also, there are giant sand dunes and soft golden sand. I liked it a lot. If I were to move to Europe, I'd live in Zandvoort.

I spent the day lazing on the beach and recovering from the weeked. I attempted to swim, but the waves came in and out so fast that I could feel the water ...

... outside, Central station confused the hell out of us. Unable to get our bearings and confused by the traffic we ended up going completely the wrong way and were pointed in the wrong direction some more by a stoned chick in a tourist office. After heading back to the station we finally found our bearings and made our way to the hostel without any furthur problems. Traffic outside the stations, the mix of cars, trams and ...

... day. But they inadvertently scheduled the half day for today, so while he was there at 8:30, the class arrived at 1. Which effectively ruined his chances of sightseeing this morning and Friday afternoon. What a bummer. We put the kids to bed and ordered pizza and calzones for delivery. We are out of beer, but Russ decided not to brave the rain turned snow to head to the market. So we are having coffee instead.

... still it was unbelievable. Andria loved all the shopping , Amsterdam has some of the coolest clothes we have ever seen and there is no shortage at all. The whole city is pretty strict on cameras, so not a whole lot of pics, we didn't really want our camera thrown into the canal. Here is some shots from the canal ride and after the coffee shops. Next off to Brussels, chocolate and fries. Chow Chase and Andria

... 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.

... room furnished could have ever been. Perhaps even stranger was the lack of noise, other than the rooms with video loops, as we walked from room to room. I've never been inside a room with so many people and hear absolutely no one speak. If they were like me, there was simply nothing to say. Needing a bit of a pick me up after leaving the Anne Frank house, my new friend Kelly and I headed to a museum of a ...

Hey hey! Here are our pics from Amsterdam. We had a great time here, its an awesome city. Very easy to get lost though because every corner looks similar and there are canals everywhere (almost as much water as there is land). Thats why its sometimes called "The Venice of the North". The weather has been rainy and cold, so we went shopping for some warmer clothes and Abbey finally got a pair of long pants-she has been freezing! The Dutch people ...

... instead discovering a rather large woman sitting on her bed eating a bucket of KFC. This time, we found the hot ones. Prostitution in Amsterdam is completely legal. The prostitutes are actually in a union. They rent out small rooms with big windows to entice passers-by. My theory was that the more attractive women take the lower-rent, less-visible rooms because they are more sought after, and when we walked down a tiny alleyway about the width of my shoulders, the windows on both ...

Ok, lost my red pen, but I've got my reasons. Let's see, last night, me + Tom decided to walk round which was cool and all but then we sorta got lost and it sorta started to rain, but hey!, we're on vacation!!...sorry, Tom was philosophizing. Anyways, Tom has decided to go home. Yup, you read it right, he's leaving. He doesn't feel comfortable and doesn't feel like he can relax so he's leaving tomorrow. We got out ...