Sunday, June 14, 2009

The land of windmills and tuilips and legal pott






So do not worry- we did not smoke the reefer with the Dutch. We, however, were able to do much more coooooler things like take 6 hours out of our day to find windmills. Exciting? I know. So basically we were in Amsterdam on Friday and it was absolutly incredible. Probably my new favorite city. There are a hundred different canals that run through the city which creates a "venice"like atmosphere. Most people ride bikes and mopeds- hardly any cars are on the streets. The weather was beautiful- about 70 degrees and sunny. We stopped in a mini cafe and ordered sandwiches and fries to stop our unbearable hunger (we had not eaten since 7 that morning). Also, we were able to go to Anne Frank's hideaway house where Josh and I both passed as 17 year olds. Yes, thats right- I passed as a 17 year old in order to get 4 Euro discount- The guy at the counter thought Josh looked older than I!! Ridiculous. After leaving Amsterdam we headed back to our bed and breakfast in Utrecht where we crashed at about 10 pm. Unfortunatly the sun had not set yet...its like we are in freakin Alaska. The sun sets around 11 and comes up at around 5:00. So anyways, yesterday we left Utrecht and traveled throughout the Netherlands to find the famous windmills- and we found them- after 6 hours of train rides. Last night we arrived in Brugge, Belgium and I'm about to be quicked off my interenet and I don't want to pay another euro so bye and talk to ya'll later.

2 comments:

  1. Hey Kayla and Josh!! It only took a couple of days, but I finally figured out how to post to this darn site!! Glad to hear you are doing great and it sounds like the first coupld iof days have been quite interesting!! We are glasd you decdied to try windmills instead of other things ion Amsterdam!! And by the way, 3,000 miles for a sandwhich and fries?!!!! What about teh local cuisine?!! Pictures are very cool, post more!! Have a great time in Paris....or as we say in America...Paris.! Love you Dad & Dawn

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  2. the sandwhiches were local cuisine! not everyday in America can you find baguettes with pesto, mozzerella, tomato and spinach! and the netherlands and belgium are known for their fries. so how about that for local cuisine

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