Amsterdam and surroundings

Tuesday 28 October 2008

Location: Maribor, Slovenia; Vienna, Austria; Amsterdam, Netherlands

I’ve been really lazy and didn’t write anything on the blog for ages, but now I really have to catch up! So me and Gregor went to Netherlands and Belgium in the end of October. We flew with SkyEurope from Vienna to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam rain welcomed us while we were searching for an apartment of Lorraine and Attila where we slept. After finding them we went to the center and looked around a bit. Lorraine and Attila made us tasty traditional dutch food.

Wednesday 29 October 2008

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

After a canal tour we went to check out all the things Amsterdam is famous for – coffee shop, sex museum and the red light district.

Thursday 30 October 2008

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Zaandam, Netherlands; Zaanse Schans, Netherlands

We went to look for the famous windmills, but because of some misunderstanding, we ended up walking for about 8 kilometers. First we came to a town called Zaandam by train where they told us we should go further by train to check out the windmills, but we just started walking instead of driving for two more train stops. After the exhausting walk we were really glad to see the touristic windmills place.

Friday 31 October 2008

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Haarlem, Netherlands; Zandvoort, Netherlands

The locals advised us not to go to Anne Frank house because of big lines. So we went to a town called Harlem to a Corrie ten Boom museum where she hid Jews from Nazis. There is no entrance fee and we had the tour just for ourselves so I recommend everyone to visit this museum rather then the Anne Frank house. After the visit of a museum we went to another town Zandvoort which is situated by the sea.

Saturday 1 November 2008

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

We visited the Amsterdam arena and Amsterdam city center. In the evening Lorraine and Attila prepared another typical dutch dish and then we went out to a museum night. It happens only once a year so we were lucky to be there at that time. The idea is that all the museums are open from about 7 pm until 2 am and you pay only one ticket for all the museums (17 €). Amsterdam was alive and there were big lines in front of the biggest museums, but it was really fun driving around with bikes like locals :)

Below are some photos from Netherlands and I’ll write something about the second part of the trip next time.

photos by me and Gregor

...the trip continues... (Part 2)

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