Amsterdam

Here are some pictures from my mini holiday to Amsterdam last weekend. (I said holiday…I’m becoming so British…haha)

Quick recap of the weekend: We checked the weather ahead of time and noticed it was supposed to snow all weekend (bummer!). But to our surprise, it was only raining when we got there. Later that day, we walked out of the Anne Frank Huis and it was super sunny! So (being my perfectionist self), I decided to run around the city and get as many pictures as I could with the sun out.

Next day, we woke up and saw it snowing like crazy out the window. But, the minute we stepped out the front door of the hotel…it was bright and sunny again! The weather Gods were very kind to me…until that night. As we were walking around the centre of town and the red light district…it started HAILING! Must have been a sign…

Last day was actually pretty pleasant. Didn’t rain, didn’t snow, sun was out on and off. We finished the weekend by seeing a few more museums/churches, and then ventured a bit further out of town to see a windmill.

Overall, it was a pretty successful weekend. The city is beautiful…definitely interesting, but lots of fun! Now I’m really curious to see what it looks like during the summer. Guess I’ll have to go back…

Oh, one last thing…our hotel (Hotel Di Ann) had the steepest stairs I have EVER seen! Picture is below…video coming soon.

Here’s what we ended up doing:

DAY ONE (FRIDAY JAN 29th)

• Arrived at Schiphol airport at 9:30 am
• Took train to Centraal Station in Amsterdam
• Had Burger King in the train station…everything else was too expensive
• Bought the I Amsterdam card
• Checked in at hotel
• Went to the Amsterdam Tulip Museum
• Anne Frank Huis
• Ran around the city taking pictures
• Had yummy pancakes for dinner
• Went to bed early…no sleep the night before because of 6:10 am flight (left for airport at 2 am)

DAY TWO (SATURDAY JAN 30th)

• Woke up and had breakfast
• Hopped on tram to go to the museum district
• Rijksmuseum
• Van Gogh Museum
• Saw the Concerthall from the park
• Watched ice skating
• Ate more pancakes (actually they were Poffertjes)
• Took canal cruise around city (I stayed on the deck for most the trip…it was FREEZING!!)
• Walked to the Museum Van Loon (fancy canal house)
• Museum Geelvinck (another fancy canal house)
• Checked out the restaurant center of town and had Italian food for dinner (The restaurant said they don’t have tap water…I was so pissed…)
• Took the tram back to the hotel, then headed to the Red light district
• Checked out the Sexmuseum (um…wow…)
• Saw a coffee shop
• Headed back to the hotel

DAY THREE (SUNDAY JAN 31st)

• Houseboatmuseum
• Pancakes Amsterdam! for breakfast
• Amsterdam Historisch Museum
• De Nieuwe Kerk
• De Oude Kerk
• Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder (Something about god in attic…there was a church in the attic of the canal house)
• Took a bus to see a windmill
• Headed back to London!

Now for some pictures…