Arriving in Amsterdam at 10am we went straight out shopping for as many drugs as we could get our hands on. Just kidding. We first hired some bikes and set off around the canals of the city the way the dutch would do it. Was nice to be getting around a different way than walking or on the train. We also hired a paddle boat and paddled around the canals for a while. We almost got run over by some ferries a couple of times but managed to just get out of their way after getting honked at.
We ate some traditional croquettes served by a big, scary, dutch woman, for dinner, which are like cheesy spring rolls. They tasted great but they had Elodie running for the toilet not long after.
After a visit to the sex museum we spent the night wandering around the red light district. Such an eye opener. It was very surreal and almost fake with the number of tourists that are wandering around. It was like the girls were on show just for the tourists rather than being there for hire. Well worth the visit though. After some late night hot chocolate and cake we headed off back to our hotel for the night.
In the morning we were straight in the queue to go and see Anne's place. Was very interesting to see what such a cramped space the 8 of them lived in. Elodie had just finished reading the book and it was good for her to be able to picture everything she had read.
After that l was off for a run to pick up the hire car. Was half way through my 2.5km run when i realised that the bike hire had my drivers license. So i ended up running double the distance when i had to run back to get it.
With a set of wheels now we left The Netherlands for a while and off to Belgium we went.by elandcraig's
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