Saturday, August 22, 2015

Amsterdam: Relaxation

Exhausted from my ordeal from the night before, I slept while Julia and Stephen went to the Van Gogh museum. We had a relaxing lunchtime with beer that we had bought from the brewery in Bruges, while I booked everything for the rest of my trip.

We walked through the market that was right outside of the apartment and got some poffertjes that were first recommended to us by our Aunt Connie. They are mini pancakes that have powdered sugar dumped on them, are slathered in syrup and then melt in your mouth.



Julia and I then biked through Vondelpark, which is the largest park in Amsterdam. It was perfect weather for a bike ride and people-watching is surprisingly easy from atop a bicycle.



We rendezvoused back at the apartment for a delicious dinner that Stephen had picked up for us and then opted for taking the 15 minute metro ride to the Ajax football (soccer) game, instead of a 40 minute bike ride.

It was incredible to go to a soccer game in a stadium that fits over 50,000 and see the stadium full with cheering and whistling fans. You would never see that for a soccer game in the States. There was a huge section for the team club that didn’t take a single break from singing or chanting the entire game. It was awesome.





It was raining when we left the stadium; I think that we were all more than grateful that were not riding bikes. The metro was a madhouse when we left, with drunk people pushing through the crowds, yelling, “personnel!” and then stumbling up the stairs singing songs, giving away the fact that they were not personnel.

We had a relaxing evening of drinking tea and chatting and blogging in the wonderful apartment.


A small break from hostel life isn’t so bad.

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