Amsterdam Photos

Here are the photos from Amsterdam. Not as many as the last few cities I've been to, but that's mostly because we went to museums (can't take photos in them), but enjoy:

[Bike Galore]

[I (am)sterdam]

[Everyone rides bikes!]

[Part of Anne Frank's House]

[Everyone sits outside the café's when it's sunny, literally everyone!]

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Arrived in Amsterdam on Tuesday morning with little sleep so we checked into our hostel and took a quick nap and then headed out into town. It is such a confusing city or maybe we just have a terrible map. But the city is gorgeous, the buildings are fascinating; streets and canals are abundant throughout the city. We walked throughout most of Amsterdam and checked out Dam Square. We then went across the city to the Van Gogh Museum. It was awesome to check out all of his work and read his story, especially since Dadó loved him so much. Afterwards we went to the "I (AM)STERDAM" sign and took some typical tourist pictures. The city is littered with bicycles, absolutely littered! People fly past you on them. Most people use their bicycle here rather than a car. Also scooters roam the streets and many boats along the canals. We went to check out the bustling Red Light District. It's insane that there are so many women sitting in windows; there are a tonnn of them!
On Wednesday, we went to the Anne Frank Museum, where she was hiding out. It was crazy! A great tour. Really glad we made it over to that. Makes me feel bad for Margot Frank, Anne's older sister. She was keeping a diary as well, but it was never found. Afterwards we walked along the city some more and then checked out the tourist attraction of the coffee houses. Amsterdam is packed with them! Then we witnessed a woman get hit by a scooter! Was wondering if there are many accidents because everyone is flying around either on a bicycle or a scooter. She was fine though. Met up with Pablo at our hostel and hung out. Went to the train station in the morning and found a train that went to Berlin. In Berlin now!

Busy, busy, busy

March has flown by with all my visitors, the finishing up of classes, and the beginning of my Euro tour. Had my roommate Nick, girlfriend Rachel, and Darlene come over for St. Patrick's Day. Tried to do lots of things between something them Cork, going to the Jameson factory, and going to Galway for the Cliffs of Moher. Second time up at the cliffs and it's much different nowadays. They've barricaded most of the edges of the cliff to prevent people from falling off. They also have a grave for all the souls that have unfortunately lost their lives off of the cliff. So pretty though! Galway is unbelievable. Finished up the majority of my courses. Finished with classes and have the next two months off. Only have a final and a paper due in early May during finals month. Damien Reidy came down from Dublin to visit in Cork. It was great craic. Met up at about 2pm and went to a pub and did an unplanned pub crawl to our surprise. Made it to about 9 pubs and that was pretty much the entire day/night. We went to West Cork the next day to Baltimore. Damien was telling me about the story from when Baltimore was sacked by Algerian pirates and the whole town was taken back to North Africa as slaves. Pretty wild story, the whole town was completely taken away and became a ghost town. It was beautiful though. We found these cliffs that were stunning. Damien has some pictures up on his facebook of the view we had from the cliffs. Currently writing this in Amsterdam. Flew out this morning to begin my Euro trip. So far the trip is planned to go to Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Munich, Venice, Rome, Spain, and France. I'll keep updating as I go along! Sorry for the delay! Still have a ton of pictures to post, but haven't the time to develop them all, maybe soon though.