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Amsterdam, Holland

From Study Abroad 2007 in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Mar 08 '07

Lauren77 has visited 7 places in Amsterdam
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Mic and I at the Amsterdam airport with a huge big-screen tv in the background with American music videos playing!
Mic and I at the Amsterdam airport with a huge big-screen tv in the background with American music videos playing!
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Amsterdam was such a great time. I went with Alsyon and Micaela. We met up with other students from our program. We arrived on Friday and checked into our hostal. We walked down the street to grab a Heineken at a local bar. We met some famous musicians and we found out that the bar was dedicated to them. They were about 60 years old and they bought us each a drink. They were so friendly and sweet. We went to a Pizzeria in Damm square for dinner. The food was delicious and the waiter was very friendly. He told us good places to go at night.

Our first pub stop where we met a famous band (they were 80 )
Our first pub stop where we met a famous band (they were 80 )
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On Saturday, we woke up and went to the Van Gogh museum. It is the largest Van Gogh museum in the world with over 200 of his paintings. It was very crowded, but the art work was spectacular. My favorite part was the pointilism. After that, we went on a canal tour to the old harbour and all around the city. The city of Amsterdam was built on water so there are canals everywhere. We got to sit at our own table on the boat and take pictures of the sites out the window. Amsterdam was freezing, but it was sunny everyday so that was good. After the boat tour, we headed to the Heineken Experience. The actual brewery doesn´t have tours so there is a special museum just to show tourists how the beer is made. There were fun interactive games throughout the tour and we even went on a ride that showed us what it was like to be a Heineken bottle. There was a bar at the end of the tour and it was very fun. We had Chinese for dinner that night and went to party at a hostel bar called St. Christopher´s Inn. Everyone in Amsterdam was super nice and we met some funny guys from London at the bar and ended up hanging out with them all night.

On Sunday, we went to the Anne Frank museum. It was cool to be in her original house and see the places where her and her family hid from the Nazis. Her original diary was on display and I got to see the famous bookcase that opened to her hiding space. It was sad to watch the videos of people who knew her and read her story. We walked through the town after that and stopped in some shops. We went to bed early because we had to wake up at 3 am to catch our flight. We had to haul our luggage through town in the dark and catch a train at central station. It was a rough morning because as soon as I arrived in Barcelona, I had to go straight to class. Ay Carramba

Madam Tussauds Wax Museum
Madam Tussauds Wax Museum
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Amsterdam was nothing short of amazing. It was nice to finally get out of Spain and see another part of Europe.


juliana avatar juliana on Mar. 14, 2007 @ 03:45AM said
hi! i'm going to amsterdam this month, what can you tell me about this city? like is it safe, the best places to go, maybe some advices. :)
calculatemytrip avatar calculatemytrip on Mar. 14, 2007 @ 03:45AM said
hey, i been at Amsterdam few times. Wicked place. The best thing in Amsterdam you dont have to make any plans, cause it's full of ideas what to do. Just need to be out. There a lot of museums, shops (visit Haarlem it's 15-20 mins by train), coffee shops. I like just walk on the streets Old centre. You can take canal boat trip. Visit Museumplein. If you like beer visit beer factory Heineken. Goog night club in Amsterdam was Lux. Someone told me that possible to hire a bycicle there. In Holland, specially in Amsterdam, ppl can just spent whole day in coffee shop (not only due to drugs) - for them its just a kind of relaxing
burnie avatar burnie on Mar. 14, 2007 @ 03:45AM said
Have you tried Hollands tastiest treat "Stroopwafel" ? Many people around the world love them as you can read in the comments section at www.myspace.com/daelmans
Columbus avatar Columbus on Mar. 14, 2007 @ 03:45AM said
I`ve been in Amsterdam last month. I had a realy great time. Lots of flowers.. Look at my Amsterdam video`s at <a href="www.go2c-amsterdam.tv" title="amsterdam information and video`s" target="&quot;_blank&quot;">www.go2c-amsterdam.tv</a> . There are also lots of other Amsterdam <b>video`s</b>, photo`s and a <b>travelguide</b>.

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