• First night in Amsterdam

    September 17 in the Netherlands ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

    I came back after the castle, checked into my hotel and crashed for a few hours then needed to go out explore and find dinner.
    As it was quite late most of the places other than your standard fast foods were closed.
    It also was raining a fair bit and wished I had borrowed an umbrella but just brave faced it with my puffer jacket.
    I wandered for a while talking to mum and dad and headed over to the red light district to see what it was like.
    They had lots of signs about no drinking or urination or photos in the red light district which most tourists disobeyed.
    I found the scene to be quite interesting as there were two main groups. The couples who had their partners holding hands for reassurance while quickly walking through and glancing, and the boisterous guy groups who would walk up to the windows and talk to them and objectify the woman to show off to their mates.
    The woman were all dressed in black or white lingerie or bikinis, I took a few photos of the area but didn't want to capture or take any photos of the actual women.
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