There are like super a lot of pictures, so I will try to keep writings short.....
Waiting at the Glasgow International Airport at like stupidly early in the morning.
Us.
Flying KLM
Sandwiches. Not bad.
That's us already in Amsterdam airport, taking the train to the city centre.
From Schiphol Airport.
On the way to Centraal Station
Outside Centraal Station
Canal with boats outside Centraal Station
Bicycle parking. You can tell how popular and extensive cycling is in Amsterdam.
If that's not enough, there's the bicycle flat.
On our way to find the hostel boat...
Floating Chinese restaurant.
Sea palace
Near the pier next to NEMO building (not the fish)
There it is!! Our hostel boat...looks small eh
Anna Maria II
On the boat
NEMO building
Lots of boats
Gloomy weather
Haha. I don't know what it means but it just looks like smelly stockings...
Exploring
Advert for renting bicycles. How creative!
A church. Nicolaaskerk
Zeedjik. Apparently a very much Chinese populated area, thus the Chinese words on top...
We got hungry and needed to have breakfast.
My hot chocolate
French toast with cheese. Tasty cheese!!!!
Maple syrup
Where we ate.
I think we were walking along Zeedijk...
It was the Gay Pride Parade a few days before.
Found a Malaysian restaurant!
A temple there too
Nieuwmarkt. A market..
Shhhh. Man sleeping
Waag. Its now a cafe but I don't know what it was previously...
Cannabis lolipops
The houses are so different
We went to check in the morning but the room wasn't ready yet so we left our luggage and went to have a walk outside. Now we're back... so this is the dining area
Toilet
Me in tiny room. Tiny.
Bathroom. Fantastic cause the pressure is so strong!!
Sink in our room
The hallway to the rooms
Entry into room...
The door into the boat....
After a few hours of rest, we started our journey to explore Amsterdam
A museum in a boat
A taxi boat
Public library
Just another floating restaurant
We decided to go on a canal cruise
Huge boat next to us
Muziekgebouw from the waters
After the canal cruise, we went walking around Damrak. Stumbled upon a cheese shop.... and they have samples and gosh, they are amazing. Gouda anyone?
The oldest sex museum in Europe supposedly.
Vodka museum
Beurs van Berlage
We didn't try it but there were an awlful lot of people queuing but anyway, they were selling chips with mayonnaise.
Madame Tussauds
Dam with the National Monument
Royal Palace under renovation...
Nieuwe kerk
All over the square, there are people painted and all trying to act like a statue....
Darth Vader
Batman
Erm Spiderman
There were also horses
The Amsterdam Dungeon
I just took this to show that we're where Heineken is originally from
Munttoren
Bloemenmarkt (Flower Market)
Torture Museum
Another one of those markets but this one sells art...
Begijnhof
The inside - it's like a really quaint pretty park
Amsterdam Historical Museum
Finally seen a Catholic church. As below.
We were then really tired and hungry, so we went to get food. Hmmm Italian. Mushroom pizza, mine.
Onion pizza - Ryan's
At night, we went to the Red Light District, didn't think it was allowed to take pictures so I didn't have much from there. I managed to sneakily take a photo of the Erotic Museum...
It's a church around that area - Oude Kerk
The 'Red Light' marking the areas. It's interesting to see with various girls parading in innerwear on the windows of shops and waiting for men to knock on their doors. Other than that, hmm
This marks Day 2 - breakfast. :) It's so hearty - look - bread and cereal and orange juice. There's also coffee and tea which I didn't take.
Healthy cereal
Various jams and peanut butter and there's also a chocolate one (not shown)!
Bread and various erm meat - ham? and cheese too
The oddest thing on the table was the chocolate sprinkles....so unique
Sugar - a Dutch brand I think...
Weed plant - legal in Amsterdam
We're at the train station going to Zandvoort (town with beach). Just decided to take a pic with the post box...
Zandvoort
Us on the train
The town
The train station
The beacchhh!!!!!! Sandy!!!
Lots of deck chairs
We took one and sat down. Of course we have to pay, a man goes around asking for money....
Went for a little stroll
Water was cold...
Toilets need to be paid to go in - for women
There's the men
Showers
It's not clear here - but I wanted to show that there's a nude beach a distance away...
Trucks selling food
I forgot what it's called - it's boneless fried fish yummy
And this is some kind of herring, I think somewhat cooked but urgh I don't like. Ryan finished it, he didn't mind it
That's where I got the fish from
That's our deck chair
We also bought ice cream from this truck just outside the beach
We got to the station and saw this! Woo how cool, coin operated food selling thing. Haha.
I think it's called Baji - noodles in the deep dried potato
There's a fake beach on the NEMO building
We were on our way to an Icebar
Jewish Historical Museum
Muziektheater
Mozes and Aaron kerk
Bike rental
I think that's the skinny bridge...
We're here - the Icebar
People buying tickets. We bought ours beforehand and it was cheaper too
That's where we're goin. The 4D ice experience ...
With the ticket, we get free drinks - some orange cocktail in a glass made of pure ice....
Our waiting identification
Provided us with thick coats and gloves
End of day 2
Day 3 - decided to take the bike but it was horrible cause the seat was too high for me and I can't ride it properly so I kept falling on the streets! It was so so horrible and I scraped my knee like freaking so many times.... but I still managed to cycle through a number of places...
One of the parks we cycled to
Westergasfabriek
Oh, finally a windmill!! There's only 8 left in Amsterdam
The bike
Anne Franc Huis
Tulip Museum
Rijksmuseum
We were hungry and tired from all the cycling (in my case falling)
American hotdog - actually tastes horrible
Diamond Center
Concertgebouw (Concert Hall)
Van Gogh Museum
Long long queue and it started raining halfway through
I was tired when I finally got in so I told Ryan lets go sit down and get something to eat
My slice of cake( don't know what) and coffee
Van Gogh - we weren't allow photos so thats the only one I took
We finally go back home, wet and exhausted. It rained so hard when we were on the way back to the hostel and I slipped and fell again and that was just enough for me and I started crying and my knee hurt cause it was bleeding and I am totally soaked I just felt so miserable. I begged Ryan to just walk back, I couldn't take it anymore... so we got back and washed ourselves and then decided we needed to eat. Went to the station and got some fast food at Smullers....
Chicken burger
And then day 4 - we thought we should try out the Dutch specialty - cannabis
Space cake
Went walking around some more
Until it's finally time to go back - at the Amsterdam airport McD
On the plane - gave us some snacks
Souveniors - Stroopwafels
A souvenior picture from the Icebar since we can't take picture inside
I bought tulip bulbs from the Flower Market
Postcards for friends
Souvenior of the Van Gogh Museum
Clog keychains for friends
Amsterdam stamps to send postcard to my parents
