Amsterdam- The Rose of Love

Ok, so Amsterdam has absolutely nothing to do with the “Rose of Love.” But this is a pretty funny story. Awkward, but funny. We booked this cheap hostel in Amsterdam…a private room because it aas actually the cheapest option. And it worked out perfect. But when we got to the Amsterdam Inn, Bed and Breakfast, we found the staff to be slightly awkward. The whole city has a strange aura to it. But this was like something from a creepy strange movie. We got to our room and found a double bed for me and Keith to share rather than 2 singles like we thought. We’re friends, so not too awkward…EXCEPT that the bedspread and pillows were red and covered in roses with “Rose of Love” written in fancy romantic writing. When the guy left we died laughing. It was like some cheap cheesy honeymoon room (with an extra bed?), and Keith and I had to sleep here, together. Strange…

We bought a UK converter to charge phones and my camera battery. But it didn’t work, so Keith and I took it apart, found the problem, and MacGyvered it to make it work…and it did! I say “we” but it was more of Keith, I just helped a little haha. I charged my camera while at dinner, so I have some pictures here haha. But we explored the city, unfortunately finding Anne Frank’s house (I HATED that book and didn’t really want to have anything more to do with it), and went to this carnival thing. I wasn’t feeling too well and the mixture of heights and spinning would just not mix well with my queasy stomach. So I passed on the swings. We went back to our lovely hostel room for the night and went to sleep.

The next day we took a bus out to this little hamlet village called Zaanse Schans. They have all these windmills out there and we were able to tour a mill where they make peanut oil. We got this great Dutch sweet bread…mine was cinnamon flavored and VERY good. We had a great time there, and I’m actually typing this from our train to Munich. Everything has been great so far (other than the weird hostel room last night…). I’ve had a mix of dead battery and internet problems the past few days, so that’s why all these have been posted at the same time haha. Hopefully I won’t run into anymore internet problems, and we have our outlet adapter problems fixed, so I’ll be able to keep in touch more. I haven’t checked my email in a little bit, so I apologize if I haven’t gotten back to someone yet, but I will soon. Miss you all and can’t wait to see you soon!