Amsterdam Adventure

Ok, so continuing with the theme of my blog "my study abroad experience" I am going talk about my 2nd trip while abroad which was to the well-known city of Amsterdam. Now many of you may know about Amsterdam whether it is b/c of it’s "coffee shops" the river canals, red light districts, the Ann frank mea sum, the van gough museum or perhaps the Heineken factory. Well whichever of these you know about I got the opportunity to experience them all first hand back in October.

I went to Amsterdam with my 3 roommates and boyfriend. We all stayed in the famous "flying pig hostel" needless to say this was an interesting experience. We stayed in one large bunk-bed style room with 20 random strangers for 3 nights. This was a new experience for all of us, however it was not as bad as i thought it was going to be. We actually were able to meet a ton of people from all over the world.

The whole scenario of Amsterdam was unbelievable. The city itself was absolutely beautiful. There were the tiniest streets, most delicious restaurants, narrowest houses and an enormous amount of canals that ran through the entire city. There were tons of bike throughout the streets even though the weather wasn't the greatest. They also had a lot of high-end shopping which i wasn't expecting.

While in Amsterdam we attended the Amsterdam Dance Event Music Festival. For those of you who are familiar with techno music we were able to see Deadmaus and Pete Tong while there. The Van Gough museum was also very impressive. Seeing the Ann Frank house was also something I will always remember. We went on a tour of the heinken factory and was able to see how the famous beer was made. Of course we were able to take photos in front of the famous IAMSTERDAM sign as well. We also went to the Damp Kring coffee shop from the famous movie Oceans 13!

I truly loved Amsterdam and would love to go back soon especially in the warmer months!