Friday, July 6, 2012

Amsterdam, First Impressions

Amsterdam is a big, busy city. 

Yes, it has cute houses.

Yes, it has beautiful canals.

But, the tourist area, and especially the shopping areas, seem way more chaotic than China or the other Asian cities we have visited.

Probably because the crowd is multi-national and therefore not used to moving together as a group. 

And the crowd seems generally younger.  Listening to the people passing by outside our window at 4:30am, I feel like I am back in downtown Chico.

Last night, Mike and I went on a boat tour through the canals with his graduate school classmates for their 20 year reunion. The sights were beautiful along the canals. Lots of people out cruising in their boats.  Lots of people in cafes and bars on shore.

Today we hope to go to a museum or two.   This is my first blog post using the mobile app, I am curious to see how it turns out.








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