Amsterdam

Amsterdam is another cool place to spend a few days. This must be one of the most liberal cities in the world where marijuana, prostitution and homosexual marriage are all legal. You can walk into a “coffee shop” to buy and smoke a joint and pick a prostitute out of a display window in the red light district. The city is pretty with numerous canals and charming canal homes and the people here are very friendly.

We’ve enjoyed our time in Amsterdam. Our itinerary has not been very ambitious, which has been nice. TJ and I checked out a few museums and the Anne Frank House where Anne Frank and her family hid before they were tipped off and sent to concentration camps. It was interesting to see the space where they lived for a couple of years and from where Anne wrote in her journal that was later published by her father. Other than that we’ve just spent our time wandering around the city and dining at the restaurants and bars that seem to be on every corner.

Tonight is our last night of vacation and we head home early tomorrow morning via Paris. We’ve had a great time on our trip but we are excited to get back to see the progress that has been made on our house while we’ve been away. It should be done in a few weeks!