Amsterdam, Day 2

Sorry it has taken me so long to post. 

we didnt have time the morning we left amsterdam.

and havent had wifi since.

So here is {Amsterdam Day 2}

Cheers.

That is what everyone says here. As a sort of “thanks, see ya later”

We are starting to get the hang of things now.

We saw the big museums and stuff the first day.

And were getting around by tram.

We met a man that helped us when we were lost and told us

“the best way to see the city is by bike, or walking”

we thought, who would know better than a local.

We then decided to see the rest of the attractions by bike or walking

We rented a bike from Macbike also hoping we’d look more like locals.

Nope. They had a huge logo on the front.

 spencer poppin a wheelie

The man was right though, you get a better local feel.

There are bicycles EVERYWHERE.

There are way more bikes then cars.

They had bike lanes and

They even had stop lights for bikes.

Everyone rode bikes. We would see all ages.

Men and Women both.

Women with high heels.

Men with their tie flapping in the wind.

All going to their destination riding a bike.

It was a little scary though to me.

Spencer made fun of me because I would get really nervous

when people would bike SO close next to me.

Oops….

We were so tired that we ended up sleeping in until the afternoon.

It wasn’t our plan, our alarm just didn’t go off,

and we were too tired to naturally wake up early

because we had been up for a day and a half before that.

We started off the day riding around Vondelpark.

{It was so lush and green}

Next we went to the Anne Frank House. 

We took the tour that showed all the rooms and the whole house.

With movies and documents that were explaining it all.

It was very humbling.

I cannot imagine not being able to go outside and

being confined to a tiny room for 2 years.

{sorry there isnt more pictures, we got in trouble for taking this one}

Next we just wanted to bike around and go down the local streets

to get the real feel of Amsterdam before it got dark.

We found a cute restaurant, a cute pizzeria place called Le Perla.

The pizza was unbelievable. They baked it right in front of you.

{view from our table}

Our plan was to see the Red Light District at night with all the lights

 i didnt learn this until we came here....

red lights means prostitutes (prostitution is legal here)

if you look in the right window you can see an empty chair.

someone is at work.

We spent a little bit of time there, but not long.

We wanted to keep riding around until we couldn’t anymore.

We went past the Flower Market

And then back to Vondelpark to sit and relax. 

There was a lit fountain in a little pond we sat and talked in front of.

After we came to our hotel, got our chocolate milk and orange soda’s 

and relaxed in the room before bed.

This morning our breakfast was delicious!

We had fruit, bread, meat & cheese, and Croissants

Im not usually a big croissant person.

But man… [they are GOOD here]

Now we are on our way to Paris on the Thalys train.

We will be seeing the Loire Valley.

Here are some more random pictures of the city:

♥ ♥ ♥ 

{check Day 1 –previous post- … I added photos}