Amsterdam. Wow. One of the craziest, weirdest, funnest cities I have ever been in; and we've only been here since 6pm today. Today was also actually our "chill night'' after Nadia's birthday party last night. So when we got to Amsterdam, after the adventure to find our hostel, we planned on just eating and wandering. Explore the city a bit and plan our day tomorrow. Well..
First off, Amsterdam is so colourful, in every sense of the word. The grafitti is colourful and expressive, the style is colourful, the streets and signs are colourful, and the red light district is colourful. It is very chill, easy-going, and laid back. Probably the only city where you can have a casual discussion with a guy on the street corner trying to convince you to go to the Live Sex Show, and have one of the Window girls apologize to you.
We started off by going to the Irish Pub downstairs for supper. Well not only did we get 25% off for staying at the hostel, but the service super quick and friendly, and food was amazing. Traditional Irish stew was by far the best stew I've ever had. European food in general... I'm noticing a trend here.. Also met yet another French Canadian. A med student from Montreal doing his residency and taking a break in Barcelona and Amsterdam. From there, despite the fact it was raining, we grabbed our umbrellas and wandered the streets. Went in to a bunch of shops and stores, ate some chocolate (so amazingly good), and some cookies. Took in the local flavour.. Eventually when we wanted to head back to the hostel, we realized we didn't have a fucking clue where we were. So we continued wandering, and stumbled across the Red Light District, and got severely side tracked. After a long discussion and convincing by the guy selling tickets (and Andrew getting yeld at and apologized to by a Prostitute who thought he was taking pictures of her, when he was really taking pictures of the Swans in the canal), we ended up buying tickets to an 8 act Live Sex Show.
Well an hour and a half later, we walked out better people. Or kinker... or something. Totally lost still, and no blood left in our heads, we continued wandering, in a few complete circles, before FINALLY finding our hostel. Getting back, we settled in, Andrew Facebooked, I blogged, and we had some serious deep discussions. I love my friends. I love Amsterdam. I love Brussels. I love Europe. I love live Sex shows.
Tomorrow we're off to enjoy the more historical and cultural side of Amsterdam. Anne Frank House, Van Gogh museum, followed by a nightlife pub crawl of the Red Light District. A well balanced trip to Amsterdam.
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