for spring break i made the pilgrimage to Amsterdam, home of everything you've ever wanted to do but are too scared to write about in a blog :) basically, this city is strictly business: if it's good for business and it's not harming anybody, it's legal. i journeyed with my 2 roomates, talia and emily, and my camp friend sara, and talia's friend sarah.
(also, because i'm the biggest jew in the world, i ran into like 5 people that i know. crazy crazy crazy small world.)
the city is just a beautiful mesh of canals and narrow streets, adorable buildings, and TONS of tourists. it's basically a city-sized disneyland for adults. on one street, you can probably find food from 20 different countries: indonesia, thailand, china, italy, spain, uganda (no joke, there was a ugandan steakhouse near our hostel), japan, argentina.....the list goes on.
i should probably take a minute to talk about our lovely hostel that we found on the internet. when you read that a place has "free breakfast," definitely find out what that entails, because ours consisted of toast and coffee :) our room didn't have a window. oh wait that's a lie, there WAS a window that opened up into the pantry where the owners slept/made the toast/kept all the towels and linens. i can say this though: when you stay in a shitty hostel, it forces you to stay outside and explore all day long!!!! Amsterdam Hostel Centre: i don't miss you.
we visited the van gogh museum, Heineken "experience" (massive advertisement, but still fun and we got 3 free beers!), anne frank house, and rented bikes for a day - SUCH a good call. we also went on a walking tour the first day we got there and saw lots of awesome things.
basically i wish i studied abroad in the dam. but i'm happy to be back in prague for 2 weekends in a row, with visitors!!!!!
adios amigos,
jb
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