Sandra’s Travel Adventures Week #4

Today is the day that we go to Amsterdam! We started our journey with a connecting flight in Barcelona. Since we had a 4 hour connecting flight, we decided to leave the airport and go for lunch in the city. On the way to lunch, we stopped by a market that had all different types of fruits, vegetables, meats and desserts. Everything looked so good. We ended up getting fruit smoothies. Mine was coconut and pineapple and was absolutely delicious. After the market we stopped by a local restaurant that was serving brunch. After lunch we walked around a little more before heading back to the airport. We made it right in time for our flight and then we were only a little over an hour away from being in Amsterdam.

When we landed in Amsterdam, we were a little nervous since none of us spoke to dutch. We ended up having no problem and mostly everybody spoke english. We then took the bus to our hotel. When we found our hotel, we realized it was right across from the bench that was seen in the film The Fault In Our Stars. We then went into our hotel and put all of our stuff away. We then went to a burger place right near our hotel. After that we were ready to walk around and see the city. Our hotel was right in the middle of everything so we were able to walk everywhere. In Amsterdam there are more bikes then people since it is their primary source of transportation. We walked around the city and stopped in several shops and even came across a restaurant dedicated to all nutella! Of course we had to stop. We got fresh waffles with nutella on top of it. After our scrumptious dessert and adventures around the city, we headed back to our hotel to rest and get ready for the night. We ended up going to a local cafe and got cake and hot chocolate. They had a live band playing so it was nice to relax and enjoy the music after a long day of traveling and exploring.

Today is our first full day in Amsterdam. We woke up really early so we were able to get everything done. After a huge breakfast we headed towards the Anne Frank museum. This was the part that I was looking forward to most. We walked through the tour and got to see her actual room and where they lived. It was amazing to have read the book and then actually get to see the places on which she wrote about. There was even copies of her actual diary there. Although her father, Mr. Otto Frank wanted the rooms to be empty

there were still pictures on the walls of how it looked when the Franks lived there. After the museum we walked backed to our hotel. On the way we stopped in several shops and of course had to stop for macaroons and then french fries. They have the best french fries in Amsterdam and a whole restaurant dedicated to just french fries. We also saw really amazing street art and hung out by the canal for a little bit. After that we headed back to the hotel to get ready for dinner and to go out. We walked around a little bit and decided on a different burger place for dinner. I have never had so many burgers and fries in such a short amount of time but I am not complaining. After dinner we asked the waitress where she recommends us to go out that night. She recommended an Australian bar named CoCos. We ended up going there and had the best time. There were people there from many different countries. We sang a few karaoke songs and ended up having the best time.

Today is our last full day in Amsterdam. We got up early again to make sure we got all the activities that we wanted to do it. Our first stop was a market. We stopped for Poffertjes which are mini pancakes. They were absolutely delicious and the perfect way to start the day. The market was filled with tons of souvenirs and delicious food.

After the market we headed to the Heineken tour. We learned how the beer was made and some fun facts about the history of Heineken. The tour also included a canal ride. We got to see different parts of the city and learn more about the city. It was such a nice day out and the canal ride was the perfect way to enjoy the city. After the canal ride we were on a mission to find the I Amsterdam statue. We finally found it and got to see a little show of street performers doing amazing tricks. We took several pictures in front of the gigantic statue and then headed back to the hotel. We have to be at the airport at 5am so we decided to pack and rest for a little bit. We then decided to go out for dinner and dessert. We stayed there for a while and before we knew it, it was almost time to go to the airport. Amsterdam was so much fun and definitely one of my favorite cities. But for now we are back to Sevilla, Spain.

Written by: Sandra Costanzo