We walked all day and every day and searched out the city which is rather small comparitively to the amount of people who live within it's ring road. 1.5 million people live inside a circle that you can walk end to end and side to side, each, in 45 minutes. This place gets under your skin in a good way. You begin to understand why they are there and how they manage to get through each day. It's an odd mix of friendly to downright very nasty people who hate their job. The food is great - Belguim beer, chocolate and waffles - what else does one need?
The transports - subways, trams, trains, and busses are great - all smooth and very quick. We walked everyday for free internet because our hotel was charging nine euros for a days worth and we are too cheap for that so we purchased just an hour for settling up our hotel in Amsterdam and for checking important stuff.
Yesterday we walked to the Dino Museum and were hounded, again, by 250 elementary children when we first got there and then in our last half hour, 125 high school kids came in. We are magnets, I tell you.
We also visited a beer brewery just around the corner from our hotel. A 100 year old tradition -one of its kind that still makes the beer with lambic. Was it good? Heck, no!
Off to bed now although I don't know why I bother - can't sleep - too many things to see and do. Also, our room looks out over the main street in our neighbourhood so that we hear ""special"" music and I feel like I need to put on jewelry and begin to dance. Know what I mean ? We have worn ear plugs since day 1.
Heading out tomorrow for Amsterdam. Love to all. Wish you were all here and then , maybe, just maybe, we would have walked the street way after dark. Somehow I doubt it though.
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