Holy Amsterdam

I dont really remember where I left off....today is a little hazy. Haha. We safely arrived to Hotel Lakeland in Amsterdam, Netherlands. We are staying in a suburb of Amsterdam called Monnickdam which is extremely cute and quaint. We had a long drive, about 6 hours plus a 1.5 hour ferry ride to get to Amsterdam.

We grabbed some dinner at the hotel and then decided to go into town. We decided to do an optional excursion with Contiki, a booze cruise around the canals of Amsterdam. We had our own boat and unlimited drinks....needless to say we went through 3 kegs of Heineken...35 ppl were on the boat.

After we stumbled off the boat we decided to continue with Amsterdam nightlife and went to a coffeeshop called the Jolly Joker. Information from the next hour is rated R and cannot be published. After we were done at the Jolly Joker and another shop called Hill Street Blues we went to grab a beer at a random bar. Apparently, we bring trouble where ever we go as a fight between some Irishmen erupted and we were forced to leave the bar. Hahaha....oh goodness, crazy times. We capped off the night by going to a techno club called Club Arelle or Nurelle, i cant really remember. Stumbeled into a cab and made it home. Contiki gives you a business card in every city of the hotel your staying in so you can just hand it to the driver....needless to say this came in handy as we couldnt speak more than 6 words....and everything was in dutch.

This morning started a little earlier then we would have hoped but it was definitely worth it. We drove about 5 miles to the town of Edam, where they make the cheese, and had a guided bike tour through the historic city. It was absoloutely adorable...however I dont know if it was more entertaining to look at the city or to laugh at our awful ability to ride bikes. We also got to visit a working windmill, cheese maker and a clog maker.

We are currently in central Amsterdam at an internet cafe and heading over to Anne Frank's house and then the Heineken Museum. Tonight we have a guided tour through the Red Light District and some sort of live show....what kind I will not say because I dont really know myself. Dont expect me to write about it on here though....

Goodbye for now!