Amsterdam... So where to begin. Well, for starters, we stayed in a Christian hostel smack in the middle of the Red Light District. If you don't know what that is, google it. You will find out real quick! But that was quite interesting. And as soon as we got off the train it smelled as we had imagined it would... Like marijuana. That leads me to the coffee shops. I mean "coffee shops." If you want a cappuccino, you can't get it here. We stayed away from those... It was actually quite difficult to find a coffee shop that sold coffee. And the bikes...there were SO MANY BIKES! You were way more likely to get run over by a bike than a car. We were always on alert for the bikers.
Day 1:
We went to The Heineken Experience which is Heineken's brewery. It was HUGE and well worth 18€. There was a 4D theatre where we learned the brewing process, a room where a women explained the process showing us the ingredients that went in to the beer and approximately how long it takes, Charnelle learned how to make a "perfect" pour (a pour without half a glass of foam), how to properly drink your beer, a room full of gigantic kegs and also where the beer is made and lots of Heineken history. We also got 2 free beers at the end of the tour which is always a plus.
Day 2:
Today was a very informative day for us! We started at the Van Gogh museum. That was incredible. We thoroughly enjoyed it and learned so much. We then stopped at a street market called Albert Cuyp Market where we found cute souvenirs. We also went to the Anne Frank house. That was moving. It is amazing what they went through in that little house and that Anne Frank documented everything in her journal. Later that night, we ended our night by eating at a restaurant that served fondue! We ordered steak with pesto and pasta with pesto as well...YUM!!!
Brussels:
The weather kept switching from rain to sunshine, but that didn't stop our plans of exploring the city. After stopping to eat, we visited the Grand Place, the infamous Mannekin Pis (boy), Zinneke Pis (dog), Jannekin Pis (girl), the St Michael & St Gudula Cathedral, the Delirium Cafe (bar that had high % beers!), and found of view on top of a parking lot (thanks to Pinterest) with a beautiful view of the city. I'm pretty sure that we crossed Boulevard Anspach plenty of times! That night, we went to a resturant that gave us a to go desert that we a Belgium Waffle :)
Although we were drained from our Amsterdam trip, we were glad that we made a pit stop to Brussels!
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