Amsterdam

Regardless of the cold, Amsterdam was quite nice. It was mostly sunny for the three days we were there. One thing I loved about Amsterdam is how big on bikes it was. We biked everywhere in Amsterdam, and there was a lot to do.

I visited the Van Gogh Musuem and the Rijks museum. I, personally, love art, especially Vincent van Gogh. The Van Gogh Musuem is the largest collection of his paintings, drawings and letters in the world. Walking through it was like walking through his life, and I found it really interesting. We had to wait about 45 minutes in line to get in, because we didn’t buy the tickets online. But it was worth the wait. I recommend going.

The Rijks museum was also enjoyable. There were lots of different art from different time periods. We saw some of the Dutch masters’ work, and a lot more. It took a while to walk through the museum because it’s pretty big. Over all, I liked it.

Renting bikes in Amsterdam is fairly easy, and the bike paths are just like roads (that is if you’re not biking on the actual road). There are ferries that lead out of central station and across the canals, that are for foot passengers and bikes. And better yet, they’re free. I do think you need to bring gloves, because my hands got really cold while I was biking. At one point, Max and I split up from the group and explored Amsterdam a bit ourselves.

We didn’t go anywhere specific, but we did get pretty lost at one point. Afterwards we got these really good donuts so it ended up being all okay. We hung out with my aunt a lot and she gave us a general tour of Amsterdam too, which was nice.

I didn’t do everything there is to do in Amsterdam, so hopefully I’ll return there sooner or later. But until then, Amsterdam was a very pretty city.