30 in Amsterdam

📌 One of the reasons to travel to Amsterdam was for Green day live on July 2nd, a nice 30th present I bought myself. This was also where we would meet up with mum and dad for 10 days some proper travelling. We arrived in Amsterdam via bus which was a little slow again but the weather was good and we were keen to go catch up with the parentals. We caught up at the De Pijp market, aiming to get some street food such as croquettes and of course a freshly made Stroopwaffle. We had a chilled afternoon at some pubs by the canal and ended up ordering takeaway pizza to eat alongside the canals also, it was perfect, the city was buzzing, the sun was going down and it was a great start to Amsterdam.

📌 30th birthday kickstarted with an awesome book made by Chloe including some friends and family messages, we then headed to a Melbourne inspired cafe called Little Collins and then headed onwards to Utrecht. Getting Margaret and Wayne around on the transit network was new for them but one that was smooth and enjoyable as it always gives a different perspective, especially when it's packed and delayed on the way home ☺️. Utrecht was approx 30 mins away, it was a beautiful city with unique canals lined by cellars and it was much quieter then Amsterdam. We wandered around, found a local brewery that was serving beautiful 100+ Dutch beers. That evening we then headed out to a modern Dutch restaurant serving 5 courses, it was a great experience with some interesting dishes that we usually probably wouldn't order, particularly dad ☺️ Overall a great 30th well planned by Chloe.

📌 Before the gig we headed out to Indonesian, due to prev colonization and immigration characteristic Indonesian in The Netherlands is Rijstaffel, a variety of small dishes. The food was incredible and authentic. This set us up for a wild Green day concert! Possibly one of the best live gigs we've seen. The crowd was right into it, the performance was energetic and the set was classic after classic from all different albums. Minority went off and Chloe was the only one amongst 15k on shoulders for Bobby Sox 🤘 It was definitely worth going to Amsterdam to see, redeeming the less fun atmosphere 1 year earlier that the Britt's created 😂Read more