Europe Trip #1: The Netherlands

Finally the first post on the Europe Trip Series! Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We arrived by plane via Heathrow Airport (London) to Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam). We took a bus from the airport, meeting the group from Texas, to our hotel to drop our luggage off, then we walked to the metro station and took the train to the center of town where we met the other two groups. We walked around town for the rest of the day until we met for dinner. We had giant PANCAKES!!! They were so good, but so filling, I could hardly eat half of it, mine was covered in powdered sugar... YUM!!! Then we went back to the hotel for that night.

The next morning we met for breakfast in the hotel and they had really good food, the best breakfast selection we were to find the whole trip. We went back to the center and than we walked to the Anne Frank House, a life changing event. Then we took a boat tour of the many canals before ending up in the (Red Light District at night) diamond factory and took a tour. After that we walked back to the town center and then finally met at the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. Let's just say, BEST HAMBURGER I HAVE EVER EATEN!!! We went back our hotel for the night and in the morning we enjoyed the sam kind of breakfast that we enjoyed the first morning before getting on our bus and meeting our wonderful bus driver Ute, whom we were able to have the company of until Switzerland. That day we drove to Germany taking one stop before leaving the country.

Here are some pictures of the first two days:

Check back soon for the next installation: Germany! Hope you liked them