Good Girls Go To Heaven Bad Girls Go To Amsterdam
Says many T-shirts around here.
We arrived in Amsterdam on Sunday. It was about a five-hour train ride from Stuttgart.
After we checked into our hotel we took a walk. It is very busy here—lots of people. It reminds me a little of San Francisco.
Our hotel is pretty nice. It is newly renovated. The only problem with that is that they are still renovating. So construction is still going on. It isn’t too bad—but still a little annoying. Oh, and talk about annoying … our toilet runs for like 5 minutes after you flush it. Argh!
Since the streets are small and there just isn’t a whole lot of space many people ride bikes. You have to be careful when walking around. And you have to be careful with the trams, too. I can’t imagine how people can handle being stoned and not be run over a bicycle and/or tram.
Our first night here we walked around and had dinner at an outdoor café. We had pancakes (crepes) for dinner and a couple of drinks,
Afterward we walked around the Red Light District. It isn’t as exciting as I thought it would be—but still odd. But there are plenty of “coffee shops” and sex stores. There are also lots of places to buy food, and especially pastries.
The women standing in the doorways is weird, too. The prostitutes literally stand behind a door with a glass window so you can see the goods. The women rent the windows and make pretty good money in an eight-hour shift.
On Monday we slept in, which was really nice. Sunday to Monday was the first night I got good and enough sleep since we have been on vacation. We had lunch at a café called Poco Loco. We sat outside. I had a really good goat cheese sandwich.
After lunch we went to the Leidesplen to hang out. We took a tram over there. There were a lot of big outdoor cafes. We plopped down at one and had a drink, then eventually moved inside so Curt could watch football.
We got fries at a stand (with ketchup sted of mayonnaise like they like around here) and walked back to our hotel.
We have spent a lot of time at outdoor cafes just people watching and having drinks. It has been very relaxing.
Later we had tapas at Poco Loco—our fave café.
This morning we had breakfast/lunch at Poco Loco. Yes, we do love that place. And I have had a glass of Sangria there all three times.
After our meal we did some walking around, found another café to sit at and have a drink.
We just came back from the Anne Frank house. The house seems pretty much the same as it was when Anne and her family lived there. The tour took less than an hour. They had quotes from her diary in every room of the house. We couldn’t take any pictures. Pages of her diary were on display, too.
Afterward to another bar to watch the end of the Germany/Ecuador game.
We had dinner at another outdoor café. And then we went to a bar to watch the 9 p.m. football match.
Today we are off to Paris.
We arrived in Amsterdam on Sunday. It was about a five-hour train ride from Stuttgart.
After we checked into our hotel we took a walk. It is very busy here—lots of people. It reminds me a little of San Francisco.
Our hotel is pretty nice. It is newly renovated. The only problem with that is that they are still renovating. So construction is still going on. It isn’t too bad—but still a little annoying. Oh, and talk about annoying … our toilet runs for like 5 minutes after you flush it. Argh!
Since the streets are small and there just isn’t a whole lot of space many people ride bikes. You have to be careful when walking around. And you have to be careful with the trams, too. I can’t imagine how people can handle being stoned and not be run over a bicycle and/or tram.
Our first night here we walked around and had dinner at an outdoor café. We had pancakes (crepes) for dinner and a couple of drinks,
Afterward we walked around the Red Light District. It isn’t as exciting as I thought it would be—but still odd. But there are plenty of “coffee shops” and sex stores. There are also lots of places to buy food, and especially pastries.
The women standing in the doorways is weird, too. The prostitutes literally stand behind a door with a glass window so you can see the goods. The women rent the windows and make pretty good money in an eight-hour shift.
On Monday we slept in, which was really nice. Sunday to Monday was the first night I got good and enough sleep since we have been on vacation. We had lunch at a café called Poco Loco. We sat outside. I had a really good goat cheese sandwich.
After lunch we went to the Leidesplen to hang out. We took a tram over there. There were a lot of big outdoor cafes. We plopped down at one and had a drink, then eventually moved inside so Curt could watch football.
We got fries at a stand (with ketchup sted of mayonnaise like they like around here) and walked back to our hotel.
We have spent a lot of time at outdoor cafes just people watching and having drinks. It has been very relaxing.
Later we had tapas at Poco Loco—our fave café.
This morning we had breakfast/lunch at Poco Loco. Yes, we do love that place. And I have had a glass of Sangria there all three times.
After our meal we did some walking around, found another café to sit at and have a drink.
We just came back from the Anne Frank house. The house seems pretty much the same as it was when Anne and her family lived there. The tour took less than an hour. They had quotes from her diary in every room of the house. We couldn’t take any pictures. Pages of her diary were on display, too.
Afterward to another bar to watch the end of the Germany/Ecuador game.
We had dinner at another outdoor café. And then we went to a bar to watch the 9 p.m. football match.
Today we are off to Paris.
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