Holland: Amsterdam

Left Utrecht in the morning to get back to Amsterdam! 

I was a little too slow at whipping out my camera, but there were cows everywhere! :3 

 Was extremely overwhelmed when I stepped out of Amsterdam Central Station. I've been in tiny country towns for most of the last 3 months, so much so that the sudden bustle hit me too suddenly. The sun was bright in the sky and there were hundreds of people walking in all directions. It was amazing. 

Exterior of the Central Station 

Stumbled upon a Cathedral on my way to the Anne Frank House!

Canals were even more common in Amsterdam than in Utrecht, literally one at every corner!

Unfortunately this was the queue for the Anne Frank House, it snaked around two buildings. Briefly spoked to a couple who was less than halfway up the line and they said that they had been waiting for 2 hours.... So I decided to give it a miss and trudged on. 

Mainly wandered blindly across the city, took trams and alighted where things looked interesting. The weather was perfect, I almost broke out in sweat - huge change from the cold that I've grown to become accustomed to. 

Chanced upon this market place, it was really colourful and full of little knick knacks!

So many books on sale! I bought two for only 1euro each :D

Vintage bags, one for 3euros and two for 5euros. Had to restrain myself here because I knew I would've had a hard time carrying them home if I did buy any. 

The famous "I amsterdam" sign that everyone takes mandatory pictures of.  I've no idea how anyone manages to do so because I stood there for a good 10mins waiting for various people to get off the alphabets, but someone else would always get on right after. So I gave up and just took a shot with all the other tourists in it :P

Being a weirdo who takes a self-timer shot at the bridge when hundreds of others walk by and stare, lol. 

Didn't visit the famous Heineken Experience because it costs 25euros to go in and I really didn't think it would be worth that much. Especially because I'm not even a big fan or Heineken, or... beer. 

Was craving for pizza so I walked a good one hour before finally finding a cute little place to have lunch! It was adorably named after La Traviata too :3 

Huge Margherita pizza that I had to take away because it was just too much for me. It was super worth it though, only 5.4euros! The tiny glass of ILT was 3euros, but at least it tasted pretty damn amazing. 

Got extremely excited to see froyo!

An American family helped to take this picture! My fringe was being a little bit of a joke. 

Found a nice little pier beside a huge canal and settled down to take a rest with my book. 

Accidentally took this picture, hahaha. 

This was the last photograph I took with my camera on that day because it blacked out after and I couldn't figure out how to make it work. It has been acting up quite a bit in the recent months, probably due to the fall I had at the Laplands. Have to get it serviced when I'm back home!

Spent the last hour wandering around "Dam", where there was this little outdoor amusement park. 

Chocolate/Candied fruits! 

Couldn't resist getting the strawberries for myself. Sat down at a random street corner like a hobo to enjoy it :P

Started walking back to the Central to meet Steven before checking my stuff out from the lockers and heading back to the airport. 

She was saying something about how it's important for us to be clean "inside", hahaha. Also, she told me that Jesus loves me ;) 

Had a last coffee together before saying our goodbyes, am extremely glad to have been able to meet up with him. It was such a lovely trip :D My flight got delayed for over 40mins and I spent most of the time up in the air in anxiety because there was a huge possibility that I'd miss the last bus back to Gunsta... this actually did happen, but fortunately, I was able to crash at Deborah's place. Woke up at 6am the next morning after a terrible night's rest and headed to school for our final Image presentation which went well. Decided to skip my poetry class and headed home to unpack and rest. Today, a couple of us are having a driving trip, will be in touch with nature for a couple of days and I'm so excited! Nice to be out of the house because it's still just me alone, and sometimes it gets a little too lonesome. Ciao!