Oh my word, I love Holland!!! Go figure, considering that I'm Dutch. I felt so at home...haha Nolan told me I wasn't going to fit in there as much as he fit in in Egypt, but I'd say I fit in just nicely...haha. We couchsurfed again in Amsterdam and I had emailed back and forth with Klaas quite a few times, so I was really excited to meet him and to see how he really was. We got there and it was happened that Klaas and his roomate Joram were AWESOME. They made us feel right at home and helped us with everything that we needed.
The first day, Klaas walked us alllllllll around the city...no kidding, we were walking for a solid 6 hours just getting acquainted with our surroundings and scoping out what we wanted to see the next few days. Immediately that day, we noticed all of the cruiser bikes that Amsterdam had. It wasn't until Klaas told us that there were more bikes in Amsterdam than people when we truly realized how many they were. The ambiance was so much fun and it made me miss my blue beauty cruiser at home!!!! At the end of the day, we decided to go to the Anne Frank house...considering that I am quite fascinated with WWII, this was amazing. To be in that house was so neat and to see the places where she journaled and hid from the Nazi's was amazing.
The next day, we went to the tulip fields and I was ecstatic. Tulips are my favorite flower, so I had been very excited to visit the fields, because Holland is known for the massive amounts of tulips. The gardens were breathtaking. We could have spent hours in the garden, but we had to rush back into town to catch a ride on the canal. Klaas organized for us to go out on a boat with his friends and cruise along in the canal...awesome guy right? yeah! We cruised along and it was so crazy how different the city looked from the canals. After the canals, we went to the Van Gogh museum where Starry Night was on display. Usually it's in NY, but it just so happened that it was in Amsterdam for a short time. I love Van Gogh's work so to see his paintings was a lot of fun. To finish our stay, we walked through the red light district, just because you have to. It was amazing to see all that going on right in front of you. It almost felt like a movie. It was sad, because Klaas told us that about 90% of the girls are there against their will and it's sad to think about the things that go on in our world.
I loved Amsterdam and sadly it had to come to an end, but it's a place I'll never forget and definitely a place I want to visit again.
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