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| Bagel Tapas |
Today, we slept in again :) It was Emily's birthday, and she didn't want to have any alarm set whatsoever, and Kristen and I had no complaints to that! Once again, it was kind of nice to not have to get up and race around the city trying to see as much as possible! We left the Hotel around noon, and despite the horrendous service yesterday, we went back to Bagels and Beans. But we went to a different location in hopes of better service. And it was somewhat achieved.
Somewhat. We got a nice seat outside so we could enjoy the sunshine, then proceeded to spend $50 on bagels. We decided to get "Bagel Tapas;" they give you a couple different kinds of bagels and five different types of cream cheese spreads. And it ended up costing us 36E, which translates to $50.
Insane.
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| Pretty day in Amsterdam |
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Us attempting to roll ourselves because the Coffee Shop owner
was "too busy" to do it for us. He was smoking himself, not
busy at all. |
After breakfast, we stopped at the Coffee Shop next to Bagels and Beans, and lived like Amsterdamians for a little :) Then, we decided to head out and find the red and white "I Amsterdam" letters that everyone always climbs on and takes pictures with. Everyone that goes to Amsterdam has that picture, so we wanted it! We hoped on the tram, took it one stop too far, so got off and back tracked till we found it. It was in a beautiful park with a pond, kids and dogs running around everywhere, and pretty flowers and benches outlining it :) There were about 30 other people who had the same idea as us, so it was very difficult to get pictures of just us, but we tried anyways.
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| I am.sterdam |
After we snapped the necessary pictures to prove we were in Amsterdam, we found a spot in the park and parked it. We sat down and people watched for a little, enjoying the beautiful weather. We watched as this one man continually hit on every single girl that walked by him. I guess men in the Netherlands are just as creepy as Italian men. We hung out in the park until we decided we were hungry again. We decided to just walk until something looked appealing. And we found this awesome Chinese Restaurant called Wok to Walk, and it tasted just like China Express from home :) It was sooooo good. It was just like the place we went to on Friday night, except way yummier.
Afterwards, we decided to live like Amsterdamians again, and eat a Space Cake for dessert. We found a spot in the sun, sat down and ate it. I had never tried one before, and it wasn't very good. It did taste like chocolate cake, but just really dry. Good cake is super moist. There was no moisture whatsoever. After finishing the cake, we finished what we had left of our purchases from earlier that morning. There were people on both sides of us doing the exact same thing we were. It boggled my mind
again, that we were actually legally allowed to be doing what we were doing. When we were done, we wandered around the city for a little, walking down streets we hadn't walked down yet. However, every street is
very similar. There is a Coffee Shop every other store, a Smart Shops on every corder, and bars in between. It's definitely a city made for young people. We actually commented on the fact that almost everyone in the city is really young. It's such a cool atmosphere. We stopped in a bar to get a shot of Absinth. After all, it was Emily's 21st birthday, and Absinth isn't legal in the states either, so we figured...
When in Amsterdam! It actually wasn't as bad as I was anticipating. I was expecting the worst taste ever, something that just tasted like straight nail polish remover or rubbing alcohol. But it tasted exactly like licorice. I don't like licorice at all, but it's definitely better than rubbing alcohol, so I was pleasantly surprised.
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| Shots of Absinth! |
As we continued walking down the streets, we passed this awesome bar with huge lay-down couches in the window. While they were probably the dirtiest, most disgusting couches ever, we decided to go in anyways. What an awesome place to people-watch! We sat down, ordered some drinks and a hookah, and chilled there the rest of the night. If you're thinking this just sounded like the most unproductive day ever, you're right. We didn't really do much of anything, but it was so much fun just prancing around the city and Emily had an awesome birthday :)
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| Emily on her 21st birthday :) |
After we snapped the necessary pictures to prove we were in Amsterdam, we found a spot in the park and parked it. We sat down and people watched for a little, enjoying the beautiful weather. We watched as this one man continually hit on every single girl that walked by him. I guess men in the Netherlands are just as creepy as Italian men. We hung out in the park until we decided we were hungry again. We decided to just walk until something looked appealing. And we found this awesome Chinese Restaurant called Wok to Walk, and it tasted just like China Express from home :) It was sooooo good. It was just like the place we went to on Friday night, except way yummier.
Afterwards, we decided to live like Amsterdamians again, and eat a Space Cake for dessert. We found a spot in the sun, sat down and ate it. I had never tried one before, and it wasn't very good. It did taste like chocolate cake, but just really dry. Good cake is super moist. There was no moisture whatsoever. After finishing the cake, we finished what we had left of our purchases from earlier that morning. There were people on both sides of us doing the exact same thing we were. It boggled my mind again, that we were actually legally allowed to be doing what we were doing. When we were done, we wandered around the city for a little, walking down streets we hadn't walked down yet. However, every street is very similar. There is a Coffee Shop every other store, a Smart Shops on every corder, and bars in between. It's definitely a city made for young people. We actually commented on the fact that almost everyone in the city is really young. It's such a cool atmosphere. We stopped in a bar to get a shot of Absinth. After all, it was Emily's 21st birthday, and Absinth isn't legal in the states either, so we figured...When in Amsterdam! It actually wasn't as bad as I was anticipating. I was expecting the worst taste ever, something that just tasted like straight nail polish remover or rubbing alcohol. But it tasted exactly like licorice. I don't like licorice at all, but it's definitely better than rubbing alcohol, so I was pleasantly surprised.
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