Dam City

Left London yesterday and I am now in Amsterdam! My last night in London I just had to go hear Big Ben chime. Then we got slightly lost again finding the hotel. Then Yesterday we spent 11 hours by bus and ferry. It was worth the trip. A funny thing happened to me when the ferry landed in Rotterdam. I saw we were in Rotterdam so I thought of the Holland America Rotterdam I went to Alaska in and behove, thar she was in the same port! The wind turbines are all over the place in Rotterdam and they are lined up rather artistically in a row. Everything in The Netherlands is green. We saw many acres of farmland on the bus ride. We even saw cows. It made me homesick lol jk. Even here by the hotel there's an alleyway that is nothing but flower market. They have Tulips, Tulip bulbs, bamboo, even a Cannabis Starter set lmao. Amsterdam has a LOT of canals. The water in them look a lot like a Texas beach does too... And I saw what is sure to be Amsterdam's version of a trailerhouseboat. For those of you wondering about the Red light district; it isn't that big or great. Just like a lot of things most guys brag about. It's only along one canal and not for very far. Today I spent half the day walking around finding a cash exchange with a friend. By then we were both really hungry and went for some gigantic pancakes. I had a cheese pancake and my friend had, get this, a bacon pancake. They were both just delicious! Then later I went to one of the art gallery museums and wouldn't you know thew wouldn't let me take any pictures. There was a piece I was particularly attracted to that was painted by Aert van der Neer. It was a landscape at night with the moon full and in the middle of the sky. Later on I went on the tour of Anne Frank's house. It cost 8,50 euros and it was really sad. No pictures either :(. Amsterdam has sure got a lot of bikes. Just everywhere! Parked up and down the sidewalks, chained on anything and everything possible. Then there's so many people riding bikes that they actually have the right of way here. And there's so many people that show off while riding. No hands, texting, listening to an ipod while smoking, walking a dog, holding on another bike, even one with a girl on the back kissing. It's ridiculous. They all try to run you over too. It actually is getting kind of warm here, unlike London when I was freezing. As far as daytime goes, this is a one-day city. Everything is pretty laid back here. Maybe the coffeeshops have something to do with that lol.