Halloween night, my computer crashed taking my completed 5 page paper with it. this was no ordinary paper however, it was one that was due the next day and worth 50% of my grade for the class. Luckily one of my friends let me borrow her computer and I managed to finish and submit the paper 15min before the cab arrived to take us to the airport! our flight was crazy early, so I never got any sleep that night but was able to sleep on the plane to Amsterdam. From the airport, we caught a train into the city centre, where it was pouring. We were all exhausted so we grabbed a lunch at Bagels and Beans. The food was delicious, plus I got a massive Cappuccino that was magical. From there we planned on going to the Anne Frank house, but the line was way too long. Instead we made our way to the hostel, taking an insane amount of pictures along the way. We checked into the hostel, then headed out to explore the city some more. I needed to use an ATM but there was not a single one around, it was a bit insane actually! We wound up at the Heineken experience which was pretty entertaining. I have to say, I enjoyed it more than the Guinness factory! We got to taste barley and the sweet stuff before the liquid ferments... or at least I think that's what it was, it tasted like tea. There was also an interactive ride, where we stood on this platform and were moved around, misted with water and warmed by a heat lamp as we travelled through the process of making the beer. With out our tickets, we got a free pint and it was kind of amazing how much better Heineken tastes at the factory! We then hopped on a free boat ride back into the city centre.
for dinner we went to dinner at pizzeria and then to a chocolate shop for dessert. Dessert involved a delicious nutella waffle that disappeared within seconds.
The next day we woke up early to make it to the Anne Frank house before the line got too long, however our plan was unsuccessful we ended up standing in line outside for an hour, and by the time we made it inside my fingers were completely numb. It was terribly painful, but I bought a pair of gloves which did help quite a bit. The Anne Frank house was really cool too to see, I had read her diary before so it was cool to actually see the annex. It was amazing being there in real life but also a quite a sad place to be.
From there we went back over to our hostel and rented some bikes. It was really cool to see Amsterdam by bike, we were able to visit the "I am Amsterdam sign and Vondelpark before my bike got a flat tire. I was not happy. Plus I had to walk the bike back to the bike shop which wasn't near by. After getting a new bike, we rode aimlessly for a bit longer before we had to return the bikes.
The next morning was early, we headed to the bus station to catch a bus to Brugge. The bus lady was evil and I couldn't catch a bus to Brugge with my friends. luckily I was not the only one without a ride, one of the other girls was also stuck. I had to navigate alone back to city centre alone in order to meet with her and we caught a train to Brussels instead. The first thing I did after getting off the train was to buy a waffle which was magical. that waffle was the best waffle I have ever had, hands down. We wandered around for awhile and grabbed food at a Greek place. That night, we went to a bar that held the record for the most kinds of beers available (certified by Guinness book of world records of course). I think it had something like 2,008 different kinds of beer.
The next day was also full of wandering around and tourist-ing, before we had to head over to the airport and catch our plane back to cork!
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