Today we learned a lot about Amsterdam. In the morning we did a 3 hour New Europe free walking tour. + Ate lunch at a place called the place. + Finished the tour near the Anne Frank house. + Went to the tulip museum to ask about seeing tulips. Apparently there is only a 1-3 week window of opportunity to see them and we happened to hit the very beginning of the blooming season! + Amy missed seeing a door during the walking tour so we had to go back and look at it. The door was to a hidden cathedral! That sounds a lot more interesting than a door… (Amy typed these last two sentences) + We got some fries from “the best fries place in Amsterdam.” Right next to the “coffee house” that was filmed in Oceans 12. But we only had the fries. Really! + We went to a floating flower market. Amy bought a wooden tulip + boat tour down the canals. At first we had a boat all to ourselves, and we had picked out the perfect seat. however then the boat company decided to stick us on a another boat. This boat was already full and we got bad seats inside the stuffy boat. People enjoying the freshair got cold eventually and we were able to steal their spot. + red light district tour. Amy’s idea. It was pretty informative and learned a lot about this other side of Amsterdam. + Amy saw a street carnival and wanted to go pretty badly, but we hadn’t eaten, and it was late, so she gave up on it. Plus, Brian is a party pooper and doesn’t like carnivals + walk the wok. Again! Amy’s cook friend was there again and remembered her +

Plane to Amsterdam, super confusing airport to Train system, signs pointing in every direction for one thing, third unsolicited comment on book by guy at Hotel Anne Marie, Rijik museum, Van Gogh museum (Did you know that Van Gogh shot himself in the stomach and died two days later in his brother Theo’s arms? Well, they repeated this fact so many times in our audio guide that we felt it would be nice to tell you too) + dinner at Wok the Walk (Chinese fast food! It’s awesome! and Cheap! There was a nice cook there who always asked Amy if she liked her food) + Anne Frank Museum + cafe on the canal!