As you can see by the title we made it to Amsterdam (yay, go us!).
We spent the past two days in Belgium (waffle capitol of the world?). We stayed in Brussels and were less than thrilled by the smell (major thizz faces going on) and the cleanliness. Our hostel was what we call "the five star hotel of hostels" and was by far the best place we have stayed so far (sorry Paris hostel). We visited the town square and went on a search for the beer museum, which we were naturally unable to find , so we gave up. The second day we went to Brugge, which is an hour away from Brussels. Apparently transportation in Belgium relies on the honor system and we were able to ride the metro and train there for free. Sweet!
Brugge is apparently the Venice of the North (we will update you with comparisons once we go to Venice). It was a cute little town with coble stone roads and canals. We went in search for the best waffles in Brugge (and had them, so good!) and walked around for a few hours before having the best fries in Brugge (also SO GOOD) and headed back to our 5-star hostel.
This morning we took the train to Amsterdam and were less than thrilled when an entire camp of small children lead by counselors wearing what looked to be a chicken-feather vest walked into our car. They spent their entire hour on our train eating cookies they found in between the seats, running up and down the train and kicking people's seats. (We apologize to our parents if we were ever like that...)
We got into Amsterdam in the afternoon and took the tram to Anne Frank's house (sadly, Amsterdam does not operate on the honor system and we had to pay). Obviously we learned a lot there: Melissa thought people still lived there and Devin and Staci had a photo shoot in front of what they thought was Anne Frank's house but turned out to be a regular apartment building... this was realized after they went around the corner and saw a sign on a building that said Anne Frank House. It was interesting to go inside the house and up the stairs (more like ladder) to their hide-out.
Best Meal of the past couple of days: Waffles and fries. Oh and Belgium chocolate.
Worst meal: We only ate waffles, fries and chocolate, so we wouldn't know.
Random moment: Seeing a guy wearing an Oregon sweatshirt walking down the streets of Amsterdam and loudly yelling "Go Ducks!" Then awkwardly running into him again at the Anne Frank house and doing the same behind his back.
Shout outs:
-We are working on trying to post pictures, but unfortunately none of us brought a camera cord, so until we find a way, we will supply you with pictures we stole from Google.
-Becky, we would tell you who writes this, but it's a secret.
We spent the past two days in Belgium (waffle capitol of the world?). We stayed in Brussels and were less than thrilled by the smell (major thizz faces going on) and the cleanliness. Our hostel was what we call "the five star hotel of hostels" and was by far the best place we have stayed so far (sorry Paris hostel). We visited the town square and went on a search for the beer museum, which we were naturally unable to find , so we gave up. The second day we went to Brugge, which is an hour away from Brussels. Apparently transportation in Belgium relies on the honor system and we were able to ride the metro and train there for free. Sweet!
Brugge is apparently the Venice of the North (we will update you with comparisons once we go to Venice). It was a cute little town with coble stone roads and canals. We went in search for the best waffles in Brugge (and had them, so good!) and walked around for a few hours before having the best fries in Brugge (also SO GOOD) and headed back to our 5-star hostel.
This morning we took the train to Amsterdam and were less than thrilled when an entire camp of small children lead by counselors wearing what looked to be a chicken-feather vest walked into our car. They spent their entire hour on our train eating cookies they found in between the seats, running up and down the train and kicking people's seats. (We apologize to our parents if we were ever like that...)
We got into Amsterdam in the afternoon and took the tram to Anne Frank's house (sadly, Amsterdam does not operate on the honor system and we had to pay). Obviously we learned a lot there: Melissa thought people still lived there and Devin and Staci had a photo shoot in front of what they thought was Anne Frank's house but turned out to be a regular apartment building... this was realized after they went around the corner and saw a sign on a building that said Anne Frank House. It was interesting to go inside the house and up the stairs (more like ladder) to their hide-out.
Best Meal of the past couple of days: Waffles and fries. Oh and Belgium chocolate.
Worst meal: We only ate waffles, fries and chocolate, so we wouldn't know.
Random moment: Seeing a guy wearing an Oregon sweatshirt walking down the streets of Amsterdam and loudly yelling "Go Ducks!" Then awkwardly running into him again at the Anne Frank house and doing the same behind his back.
Shout outs:
-We are working on trying to post pictures, but unfortunately none of us brought a camera cord, so until we find a way, we will supply you with pictures we stole from Google.
-Becky, we would tell you who writes this, but it's a secret.
-Happy Birthday T.Chaney. Welcome to being old.
