Amsterdam - Exploring/Tour

We took the train back south from Leeuwarden to Amsterdam, saying goodbye to Daniel and Anita :(
Amsterdam surprised me with how clean and pretty it was - it's doing the picturesque-town-with-canals look much better than Stockholm! Also, you can smell marijuana smoke eeeeverywhere.

We quickly joined a walking tour and saw the old customs house / guild hall (#2), a quilt rug with a square for each nation (#3), and the smallest house in Amsterdam (#4, the one with plants around the door). Unfortunately our guide tried way too hard to be an entertainer and it was pretty grating.

Later, we made it over to Anne Frank house near to closing time - actually great because there's usually a huge line and we basically walked in. No photos allowed but it was very worthwhile to see what these people went through when they were just a few of the millions who suffered under the Nazis.

The lights coming on at night were very pretty, reflected in the water. We also came across a Chinese Tibetan restaurant which amusingly incensed Gyurme.Read more