Amsterdam - Days 2 & 3

During our time in Amsterdam, we spent hours people-watching from our hotel, trying to guess the different nationalities of tourists as they walked by. This was accompanied by the Eurovision song that represented that country this year. There seemed to be a lot of French, Italian and Spanish tourists, which meant the same songs were on repeat.

We walked aimlessly around Amsterdam, dropping by places that we had frequented on previous trips. This was the fourth time to Amsterdam and it seemed very little had changed in the seven years that we had been away. Along the way, we grazed like cows, munching on vlaamse frites with mayonnaise, stroopwafles, donuts, liquorice and fried Dutch and Middle Eastern goodies. We were certainly making up for lost time. Forget extra leg room, we’ll need an extra seat.

We needed a little help with our Dutch pronunciation in one of the bakeries. Broodjes ... Br- then pretend to clear your throat- ooood – jes (sandwiches). Tasty. But that is only the entree. There’s still room for the main course and dessert. We even found some of the best burgers that we have had all trip at Oh My Buns! I think one of the other customers felt the same way as she slowly ate her burger and fries. She seemed to be enjoying it so much that she couldn’t open her eyes. Maybe she ate too many brownies at the coffeeshop. It did seem like it took her some effort to make her way out the restaurant.

In Reykjavik, we’d left our international power adaptor at the hotel. Yes, this was part of a multi-part, cross-over episodes of the Lost World vs Destructive World. Luckily, we found our new favourite store, Normal, a Danish $2 shop, which we had started to frequent in Copenhagen and Malmö. It’s amazing what crap you can pick up that you never knew you needed 😂. But with Jason’s new backpack to replace the broken Eurovision bag, surely we have enough room for more shit before we head to our next destination.

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