University of Amsterdam

This afternoon I met up with some fellow hostel mates, Jenny and MV, who are from the States and they let me tag along for the afternoon!! Had a blast and they have done way more planning and organizing than I have so super informative and awesome to spend time with! We had some yummy authentic Dutch stroopwaffles (yum) that were made in front of us and still warm (it will be difficult to go back to our Canadian store bought ones!!) We toured around amsterdam and boy was it beautiful! Some fun facts: a lot of the buildings are slanted because they were built on wooden posts that have been deformed/rotted and so the structure is shifting! Also a lot of the houses are really tall and skinny because their rent was based on the square footage the building took up so most of the houses are very tall and skinny. Soooo....they had hooks to pull couches in through upper floor windows!! (This hits close to home because this is identical to what Grandpa would do in his work shop in Hamilton) I am also constantly blown away by the number of bikes! They had a 3 floor "parking garage" strictly for bikes that were packed with more filling in the main area as well! To cap off, we walked by the red light district which we are going to see tonight. Truly a culture I have never witnessed to this extent!! Wild!Read more