After a great visit with family in Germany it was time to move on again.
We went to Amsterdam on Wednesday August 24th. It was a short two night visit basically to break up the trip from Kiserslaughten to Copenhagen.
It was my first time back to the Dutch city in 19 years. We arrived at the same station and made the walk to the very same hostel where I stayed back in the fall of 1997. The infamous Flying Pig Hostel really hadn't changed very much. The lobby looked the same as it did and the hallways, rooms and the atmosphere was pretty much what I remembered.
Although the hostel and the care free party atmosphere were the same as my first trip to Amsterdam, the weather was entirely different. The city was a cold damp place for me in the fall of 97. Nothing like the blue sky sunshine and temperatures in the low 30's we had here this time.
We had both already done the more famous museums and Anne Frank's house so this visit was more about exploring some of the lesser known areas of the city and basically just chilling out.
We spent most of our time wandering around the streets and canals and a lot of time just soaking up the Dutch sunshine in the very relaxing Vondelpark.
Actually we spent a lot of time simply just people watching and as anyone who has ever been to Amsterdam knows there are certainly some interesting people to watch here. Especially when Amsterdam's legendary night life comes alive.
We spent a couple hours just taking in the action around us at Dam Square. The scene included British University students dressed in their school colours, groups of young bachelor and Bachelorette parties doing their thing and tourists of every kind snapping up pictures as fast as their fingers let them. Most people looked like they were having a great time and a few others looked like they were on another planet.
Anyway after a couple of free spirited days here and satisfied that the Pig was still flying we were more than ready to move on and continue the journey.
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