today is day 2. yesterday was mostly just walking around in aa disoriented manner. we walked for what felt like forever. the number of bicycles is just... awesome. the way people drive them is pretty scary. haha. just wherever they want whenever they want.
it seems like a very tourist driven city. could just be the area we're in. anyway... we eventually... but as it turned out the one we had booked at had the same name, but it wasway out of the way. luckily we cancelled that and just stayed at the one we found. the location is great. right in the heart of things. we got two bunks in the corner of a big room and set ourselves up. i pretty much forced tyler to nap. we didnt really sleep on the plane. it was freezing cold and so loud. we probably slept for a good 6 hours. the only thing we didnt pack and wish we did was a towel, haha. so far we've been using a t-shirt to dry off with after the shower. we wandered around a bit. got something to eat. found ourselves smack dab in the middle of the red light district. which is right about when tyler got really overwhelmed and wanted to go back to the hostel.
we had an early night. i woke up at 5 am to the sound of the incredible snoring girl. i swear - the loudest i have ever heard. and of course, in the bunk right next to me. my bladder felt like it was ready to burst so i finally got up the courage to go to the washrooms. i took my key card. of course... it didnt work on our room's inside door... lucky for me after several tries tyler heard me and let me in. it would have really sucked if he didn't.
we started today with free breakfast at the hostel. headed out ready to explore we kind of understood our location better. got coffee and headed out to find anne frank huis. we went through... and i will admit it was hard for me to not cry, especially towards the end. tyler really didn't get that. we got some beautiful postcards to start our collection for wedding thank you's. after that we headed back kinda towards our hostel. we checked out lots of shops and stuff along the way. tyler's parents gave me some money as an early birthday present. i found a store with some really cute stuff... but i couldn't bring myself to actually purchase! its our first stop... i need to scope things out some more i think.
eventually we made our way to madame toussaud's wax museum... which was pretty cool, but ridiculously expensive. i'm glad we went though. i think we've spent all we have to spend on touristy stuff here. now we're hanging out in our hostel... prob have a quick nap, and then maybe grab a beer at a pub and try and meet people. we're kinda shy. i think it's harder to meet people when you're with someone. we miss our friends, and i very much miss my family. most times when i see things i think 'rhiannon would love this' and i think about how much my mom would love to see all these things, i know andrew would be astounded at all the bikes and people riding everywhere, and all the pubs and cafes along the canals remind me of places dean would like to chill out at.
we move on to hamburg tomorrow! i need to find and book a hostel!
Sounds like such a fun adventure! Can't wait to hear more.
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