I left for Amsterdam right after my class on Friday. I met Curtis at one of the tube stops and we took the train to Gatwick Airport. It was about a 30 or 3
5 minute ride on the train to the airport. Our flight left at 3 and it was about a 45 minute flight. We had to take the train again in Amsterdam to get to central Amsterdam. Then we went straight to our hostel which was in a very nice location! Our hostel was called the Botel Zebra. It was a boat hotel that was on one of the many canals in Amsterdam. It was owned by a very nice lady and was a lot nicer than I expected. It also came with free breakfast! We checked in and dropped all of our stuff off in our room and then set off to explore Amsterdam. We got something to eat first at a restaurant. I was really surprised that most people spoke English there. Then we walke
d around in the city for awhile. Right when we turned the corner of the restuarant we found the Red Light District. We walked down the street. It was very interesting and was quite the experience walking through it. There were coffee shops and sex stores on every corner. We called it a night after walking around for awhile. We woke up and got breakfast on Saturday and went to try and find a market. Unfortunately we could not find the market. We decided to head to the Anne Frank museum, but we took a wrong turn and ended up right by the Heineken Brewery. We go there right at it was opening! We bought tickets for the tour and we got free hats! The Heineke
n Brewery was a lot better and bigger than I thought. We learned how Heineken started, how beer was made, and much more! We each got 3 free beers (Curtis had the potential for 6 free beers because I only had a sip of mine haha). After the tour we headed to the Anne Frank house. I wasn't able to get any photos, because they aren't allowed but it was an amazing place. From there we walked around a little bit more. We ran into
the tulip market. There was so many people there to get their tulips in one of the squares. I wish I could have been there sometime in the spring or summer and made a trip out to
the tulip fields. Then we headed back to the Botel Zebra and took a short nap and then went out to get dinner. On Friday night we saw a lot of places that had food that were probably for people with the munchies coming from the coffee shops so we decided to get a bunch of snacks for dinner. We went to a place and Curtis got a hot dog covered with a bunch of stuff and I got a slice of pizza. We also went on a mission to find a place that sold just fries. We were looking for a really long time for this place, but we finally found it. It wasn't as good as we were expecting, but I'm still happy I got my fries! On Sunday we spent most of the day in the airport and got back home eventually. Our flight was delayed and we ended up getting back really late, but we both got back and were ready to go for class on Monday! I had British Life and Culture an
d Art History on Monday. After that I met Curtis at Oxford Circus and we had dinner at Garfunkel's. Today I had British Pop Music and we talked mostly about the rise of pop in Britain and Beatle Mania. Right after class I headed to the Prince Edward Theatre to see Jersey Boys! It was really good! Here is a preview:
I left for Amsterdam right after my class on Friday. I met Curtis at one of the tube stops and we took the train to Gatwick Airport. It was about a 30 or 3
5 minute ride on the train to the airport. Our flight left at 3 and it was about a 45 minute flight. We had to take the train again in Amsterdam to get to central Amsterdam. Then we went straight to our hostel which was in a very nice location! Our hostel was called the Botel Zebra. It was a boat hotel that was on one of the many canals in Amsterdam. It was owned by a very nice lady and was a lot nicer than I expected. It also came with free breakfast! We checked in and dropped all of our stuff off in our room and then set off to explore Amsterdam. We got something to eat first at a restaurant. I was really surprised that most people spoke English there. Then we walke
d around in the city for awhile. Right when we turned the corner of the restuarant we found the Red Light District. We walked down the street. It was very interesting and was quite the experience walking through it. There were coffee shops and sex stores on every corner. We called it a night after walking around for awhile. We woke up and got breakfast on Saturday and went to try and find a market. Unfortunately we could not find the market. We decided to head to the Anne Frank museum, but we took a wrong turn and ended up right by the Heineken Brewery. We go there right at it was opening! We bought tickets for the tour and we got free hats! The Heineke
n Brewery was a lot better and bigger than I thought. We learned how Heineken started, how beer was made, and much more! We each got 3 free beers (Curtis had the potential for 6 free beers because I only had a sip of mine haha). After the tour we headed to the Anne Frank house. I wasn't able to get any photos, because they aren't allowed but it was an amazing place. From there we walked around a little bit more. We ran into 
the tulip market. There was so many people there to get their tulips in one of the squares. I wish I could have been there sometime in the spring or summer and made a trip out to
the tulip fields. Then we headed back to the Botel Zebra and took a short nap and then went out to get dinner. On Friday night we saw a lot of places that had food that were probably for people with the munchies coming from the coffee shops so we decided to get a bunch of snacks for dinner. We went to a place and Curtis got a hot dog covered with a bunch of stuff and I got a slice of pizza. We also went on a mission to find a place that sold just fries. We were looking for a really long time for this place, but we finally found it. It wasn't as good as we were expecting, but I'm still happy I got my fries! On Sunday we spent most of the day in the airport and got back home eventually. Our flight was delayed and we ended up getting back really late, but we both got back and were ready to go for class on Monday! I had British Life and Culture an
d Art History on Monday. After that I met Curtis at Oxford Circus and we had dinner at Garfunkel's. Today I had British Pop Music and we talked mostly about the rise of pop in Britain and Beatle Mania. Right after class I headed to the Prince Edward Theatre to see Jersey Boys! It was really good! Here is a preview:
We saw Jersey Boys there! Loved it Sounds like there are many more adventures to come! The botel looked great
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