I know this is a bit late, but Im in Portugal now writing it. Ok - so Amsterdam was probably one of my favorite cities in Europe. Wow, surprise there. But there is really no place like it in Europe or the Americas. Going from Morocco, and then three days later to Amsterdam, it was really a fun change of pace to see the two cultures back-to-back.
In Amsterdam (im censoring a lot of this trip of course... why not - Stuart`s line is that we didnt do anything there that was illegal in Amsterdam.. I guess Ill go with that too), we went to the Heineken Experience Brewery - it was a really well put together museum. It went through the history of the brand, it had some cool "rides" like the bottle ride. CLINK CLINK CLINK CLINK :). it was entertaining. When you buy your 10€ ticket, you end up getting .75 liters of Heineken along with a 5€ bottle opener. More than paid for itself.
We went to the Van Gogh museum. I thought it was a really interesting museum, but the way that it was laid out really made it hard to really look at the work without being hasseled by people.
We also went to the Anne Frank Huis. It was hard to really get it in my mind that the wide spread fear of Nazis was so close - that we were in the same house that people hid in for so long and later died in concentration camps. Personally it is still hard to believe.
I am definitely going back to Amsterdam. The city in general is amazing. The canals and the designs of the buildings, along with the Dutch people really make it one of the most welcoming cities I´ve been to.
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