Hey all, greetings from Amsterdam and Happy Birthday to me! :)
The flight on the way to Amsterdam was pretty fast and good, though the plane was a little small. We got here before I expected, so it was really nice. The we took the longest an dmost interesting hotel shuttle to our hotel. We didn't want to tell the nice shuttle driver that we had already been to Amsterdam, so he told us where the Anne Frank museum was, to eat at Wok Away or something, and a bunch of other random stuff. He was super nice, but a crazy driver. It's good we didn't hit any bicyclists.
When we arrived at our hotel, our room wouldn't be available until 2pm. So, we went to the department store across from our hotel, de Bijenkorf where we had a light lunch. We proceeded to walk around de Bijenkorf, but it was a madhouse and people were cutting me off. I was pretty tired and probably a little slower than normal, so they kept on cutting me off, which just annoyed me. But alas, it was disappointing since there wasn't any Mandarina Duck item that I wanted to buy. But, I did see a de Bijenkorf collection of a purple patent crocodile handbag that I might get. Wheeee!
At 1:30pm, my sister and I couldn't take it anymore--so we went back to the hotel to ask if the room was ready. And if it wasn't ready, we ould just camp out in the lobby, hehe :). But, it was all ready and clean, and my sister and I both crashed. Though, people knocked on the door 3 times... once for some type of housekeeping, once to give us a bottle of wine (eh? is it because it's my birthday or something?--no idea), and another to give us some "i amsterdam" pamphlet. Okay--note to self: put the do not disturb on the door. Maybe the hotel people were being nice, trying to keep us up :p.
After sis and I woke up from our 3.5 hr "nap", we got ready to go to dinner at Luden. I had tuna carpaccio, fried shrimp and coquilles (I had to ask what coquilles were--they are scallops), and creme brulee for dessert. However, I wasn't doing so well when the main course arrived, so I had to take a breather outside. I think it was because there is smoking allowed in the restaurant and it really messed with me. But, after a little air break, I was ok and able to have a little of my dessert (it was way too huge for me to finish the whole thing). Dinner took about three hours... ahhhh I remember what it's like to be on vacation now :).
Though, I did tell my sis before we even got on the plane that while I can't wait to get to Amsterdam, I also couldn't wait to get back home. Because, then I'd be home with a bunch of cool memories and nice goodies for all my friends and family. :) See you all soon!
PS It's daylight savings tomorrow Oct 28 here, so I'll have a 5 hr difference only until I get back, when it is daylight savings in the US.
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