IAMsterdam

We wondered in Damrak very long. The address from the internet was not helpful. First look at Amsterdam was an eye opener. Sex museum, sex shop, people dress in costume and the crowd decorated Damrak Street. Typical. But, where the heck is Shelter City?!

I grew blisters on my palm, carrying the luggage, finding my hostel. Luckily people were quite helpful in directing me, some too helpful that they tried even when they had no idea, which leads me further. -.- And finally I found my hostel! I am very grateful to find that they gave me a two people room instead of a four that I booked earlier. A Christian hostel in the middle of red light district, I reckoned it to be quite safe. But of course, the noise is unbelievable at night. But other than that, not a bad choice though.

Amsterdam was actually breath-taking, with the canals and scent of cannabis on the street. I have to say that the scenery in the morning and the scenery at night is totally a different world all over. We stayed two nights in Amsterdam. But the weather was so cold that I caught flu the second day. Yanyi even fall with fever. So our travel was mostly just leisure walk around the town. And of course, we visited two coffee shops, tried their special tea, and scan through red light district at night. First time saw “Barbee dolls” in the window which move. Amsterdam is alive at night and dead in the morning. The only city where drugs and prostitution are made legalized.

Quiet Morning in Damrak

even birds came out this hour

 We went Anne Frank Huis early morning, so we kinda skipped the que as only old people woke up in the morning. The house was quite big, considering that it was a hide-out place. But still, I couldn’t help admiring the girl mature thinking. My interest in Nazi grew. I think I would like to visit Germany’s Nazi Camp one day.

The rest of the trip, we just walk around. Heineken Experience was quite expensive, so we dint enter the building, same goes to Van Gogh Museum. One thing about Amsterdam, everything needs money. 

Flower Market

I AMsterdam

 We had a hostel night in the hostel the first night we arrived. We met a few people. There is one pair of sister  from Ireland, if I am not mistaken, who talked to us a lot, and told us to buy the iAmsterdam tickets, which will makes all the museum free of charge. But too bad yanyi and I were not so interest in Museums in Amsterdam. Oh, we also met a girl named Kim near Van Gogh Museum. She is currently working in Dublin, and she stayed in Sabah for quite some time before migrated to the US. And it was such a coincident that she also stayed in Shelter City, which is just next door to ours. She came visit us the night, and chat with us. Nice to meet someone, but too bad we dint remember to take a photo together.

Another thing I regretted. We miscalculate the time we arrive at Amsterdam, and missed the chance to go Akmaar which has a cheese Market every Friday Morning. Also, we SHOULD go Zaanse Schans to see the Windmill. Oh did I mention that the cheese in Amsterdam was nice? Well, indeed.