So I am a little bit behind in my blogging, so I will just do a quick post or two of the past few days.
To start, Friday was a free day for us students. A small group of us traveled into Amsterdam again and were able to visit a wide variety of things. We started by taking the tram to the museum district. As you might imagine, the tram was packed! The area we got off at had a really neat outdoor ice rink, several coffee and pastry stands and this cool I AMsterdam sign. We strolled through the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. Both of these had some really interesting exhibits, although the Rijks was under construction and parts were closed off.
After a typical Dutch lunch of pancakes (more like pizza for us in the US), we traveled to the Heineken Experience! This was a museum sort of thing for the old Heineken brewery in town. It had a ride, samples, and even booths to watch commercials. We learned the whole process of beer making and bottling as well.
We rounded up the day back in Central Station in time to get a bus home. Walking there was with out a doubt interesting. The city at night is a busy and sketchy place. All the things Amsterdam is known for, from window prostitution to coffeeshops to tourist traps to friendly pubs were alive. It was interesting to recognize the locals as they passed by all of it without a second thought. The tourists were also obvisous, as they were either lost or eyes wide and cameras clicking. To say the least, we were able to see some of the extremes the city had to offer.
To start, Friday was a free day for us students. A small group of us traveled into Amsterdam again and were able to visit a wide variety of things. We started by taking the tram to the museum district. As you might imagine, the tram was packed! The area we got off at had a really neat outdoor ice rink, several coffee and pastry stands and this cool I AMsterdam sign. We strolled through the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. Both of these had some really interesting exhibits, although the Rijks was under construction and parts were closed off.
After a typical Dutch lunch of pancakes (more like pizza for us in the US), we traveled to the Heineken Experience! This was a museum sort of thing for the old Heineken brewery in town. It had a ride, samples, and even booths to watch commercials. We learned the whole process of beer making and bottling as well.
We rounded up the day back in Central Station in time to get a bus home. Walking there was with out a doubt interesting. The city at night is a busy and sketchy place. All the things Amsterdam is known for, from window prostitution to coffeeshops to tourist traps to friendly pubs were alive. It was interesting to recognize the locals as they passed by all of it without a second thought. The tourists were also obvisous, as they were either lost or eyes wide and cameras clicking. To say the least, we were able to see some of the extremes the city had to offer.
I noticed you have a wooden shoe fetish!
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