Going to Amsterdam

Today we took a train to Amsterdam. Amsterdam, like Venice has lots of canals.

We met a friend called Ange at the station. She took us to her house where we met up with her husband, John and their son, Oscar.

We know them because Mama was Oscar's nanny when he was younger.

We went to a pancake house that we go to every time we go to Ange, and had some pancakes. I had one with cookies, chocolate syrup, strawberries, and a tub of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. When we paid we got two keyrings of little clogs that said Pannekoek house. Clogs are a type of Dutch shoe made of wood.

We went back to Ange's house. Ange had to do some work, Oscar went to see a movie and John took Mette, their dog for a walk.

Mama, Papa and I walked to Dam square and looked around.

We went inside the Dutch royal palace to buy some tickets to explore the castle. It was very busy so we decided not to go in.

We then explored Amsterdam's biggest shopping street. It is called Kalverstraat. That is like the Dutch version of Mayfair street.

We then walked back to Ange's house. On the way we bought some football stuff at a shop called Jumbo. I got a flag, and some snacks for the Dutch/England game later on that night. Ange gave me a Dutch supporter shirt that also turned into a bag! We then relaxed for a little bit.

We then took John's boat onto the canal. A canal boat is called a "sloep". We then got some pizza.

We then rode the boat round the canals for a little while.

While we were riding the boat we went past Anne Frank's house where the annex was. Anne Frank and her family had to hide in a secret annex because they were Jews during the second world war. While they were hiding Anne wrote a diary. I am reading it.

We then headed back.

At nine o clock we watched the England/Netherlands game on their TV. Because Ange and her family are British they were going for England. Mama was also going for England. That left Papa and I to go for the Netherlands. At the start the Netherlands did a really good goal. A few minutes later England got a penalty and scored. It was now 1-1 and it stayed that way until the second half.

Because it was late I went to bed but in the morning Mama told me that England had scored in the last minute and won 2-1.

I really enjoyed today.

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