Amsterdam!

Coffee shops, bicycles, the red light district, windmills and chips with mayo! We’re in Amsterdam people! I am loving this city! And so does practically everyone who comes here I think! Everyone working at the hostel was a backpacker who didn’t want to leave so they got a job and have now been here for years! It’s just the kind of city where you can do nothing all day and still feel like you had a really good day!

So my first day at the hostel I was down in time for breakfast where I met Leo from Italy and Kelsey from San Francisco. We went on a canal cruise where they showed us the sights and Leo read our palms. Apparently I need to find a job not in business, but one where I use my creativity and imagination, and I also have too many feelings! And I will have three children.

     

An important Church

 

An important tower



Heaps of houseboats on the canals



The canals were frozen!

Back at the hostel was a wierd guy that showered everyday in his clothes to not have to wash them and the nice Spanish/English guy that suggested I not be alone in the same room with the wierd guy. The Spanish/English guy also suggested I look for work in Gibralta, which is the English part of Spain. Good tip, hopefully when I re-read this it will remind me to do some googling!

On Saturday, Kelsey and I decided to try and find a marketplace and also a blizzard decided to hit. I don’t think it was actually a blizzard but you were white within seconds of stepping outside and the snow actually hurt when it hit you. Snow does not normally hurt! In the end, the markets weren’t open and we went back to the hostel to watch movies while armageddon hit outside. I over-exagerate but it was really bad!

Just started - small layer of snow on the road

Ten minutes and the roads are white!

Crazy people braving it

Looking up at the sky