My family is moving back to the U.S. this summer after six years of living in Germany, and I’ve been realizing how many places I HAVEN’T been yet, even though they’re super close. Although I’ve flown through the Amsterdam airport and everyone in my family has been, somehow I hadn’t actually “done” Amsterdam–until this summer! My best friend and I drove the three hours up and got to enjoy a beautiful two days in a beautiful city. Canal cities are so cool, and I ate the same sandwich for brunch both mornings. I enthusiastically recommend (and would return to Amsterdam exclusively to eat at) Singel 404, which we just stumbled upon when we were hungry and wandering around! Delicious, gluten free, goat cheese, cheap–what more could a girl ask for? Oh, and we got to sit next to a canal outside to eat, so it was perfect.
Honestly I love the smell of salt air so much.
our walk home
(I got Lacey to take my picture in a museum)
bikes and bridges
just hanging out
view of the city from the harbor
bridges!
(Lacey took my picture, because I’m going to miss walking around beautiful European cities in my free time.)
plant stores are so cool
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all water features should be lit at night.
a bird in the Vondelpark
flowers, bright buildings, and a canal = Amsterdam
lights on the water at dusk
dusk
sunset ❤
stained glass in our hotel
THE BEST GF SANDWICH I’VE EVER EATEN and my best friend
sunset ❤
Duke blue is everywhere
the red light district (safely in the middle of the day)
church in the red light district
casually modeling on a less-than-stellar boat tour
Apparently this was in a James Bond movie?
bridges!
so many bikes
50 tulips for 10 euro?? YES PLEASE.
sunflowers in the sun
No excuse to not get a girl flowers on a first date.
someone tried to steal this bike
boats on the water