- we ended up waking up at about 10:30am!
- Tanya's cousin Lisa woke us up and we ate an incredible breakfast with fresh bread, cheese, eggs, and toast with Nutella and sprinkles (I wish I had taken a picture!)
-we got ready to go to Amsterdam together and helped with each others outfits
- Tanya's other cousins came and Maggie accidentally introduced herself as Alicia! Hahahahah! "Wait no I'm not Alicia!"
-we sat and had coffee before we headed off to Amsterdam
- mag and al think it's fun to sit and pretend like they know what is going on while everyone speaks Dutch, although they do speak English to us as well!
-we drove to Amsterdam and stopped to get gas
-Robert bought us drop which is like a hard licorice that is very popular here
-we parked our car and took a tram into Amsterdam which took about 5 minutes, it goes right into the middle of the street where people are walking!
- we got to Amsterdam and rented bikes for 9 euro for 3 hours
- it was kind of scary biking through Amsterdam having to avoid all of the people, cars, and other bikes, not to mention the bikes only had back peddle brakes
- we had never seen so many bikes in one city! Every bike rack and railing was lined with bikes!
- we stopped for drinks at a restaurant and sat and looked at Amsterdam!
- we got back on our bikes and went to a famous park in Amsterdam, it is like the "central park" of Amsterdam
-we took pictures by a giant sign and had ice cream
- time went by very fast and we soon had to head back to return the bikes
- we made it back to the bike rental place with one minute to spare and nobody was hit by a car!
- on our way back we stopped by a gift shop and looked at all the interesting Dutch stuff, along with all the weed stuff lol
-Alicia bought a few souvenirs
-We were planning on going to the Amsterdam dungeon but it turned out to be closed after five, but it is okay, Robert came up behind Maggie and scared her on the street where she screamed very loudly attracting the attention of many strangers
- we walked some more through Amsterdam and admired the beautiful historic buildings until we found a nice place to eat outside with a great view of the street
- we all got super tasty salads, the tuna in Mag and Al's was so good Mag thought it was real meat!
- we had to pay to use the bathroom for the first time, 50 cent
- after dinner we walked to the red light district which was a very very unique experience... There were many red lights, and many windows with scantily clad women... The smell of weed was also very potent in that part of the city
- the interesting part was how normal it all seemed, none of it was scary or sketchy, it just seemed typical
- we spent all of our money in a sex shop...just kidding, but we did go in and laugh at the weird stuff
- we stopped at a coffee shop in the red light district and then went back to the train to get to our car
- on our way back to the car we saw this slightly tilted house and took a picture
-Robert tried to teach Maggie and Alicia some Dutch in the car
- on the way home we stopped to get drinks, Maggie and Alicia think it is so funny how often we stop for drinks here, not alcohol, but iced tea and lemonade. If we were in Chicago we would not stop for drinks on the highway unless we were REALLY thirsty! But here it is just a thing to do casually, I guess they are very thirsty people!
-the whole trip to Amsterdam today cost each of us less than 50€
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