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The month of July is soon coming to an end and I want to celebrate! My schedule has been a bit insane the past month and even though it was always for something fun and lovely, I'm tired and I need a break! Said break is coming soon since as of tonight I'm off work for three whole glorious weeks! I have two more busy days coming up but on Saturday morning, I'm leaving for Normandie and it's going to be splendid!
To be fair, though, I just came back (ie Sunday) from a three-day weekend in Amsterdam with my sister, which was (as per usual) wonderful! Also a bit eventful since we actually found ourselves strolling around the city on Saturday right in the middle of the "most violent July storm in the Netherlands since records began in 1901". As you do? :p If you think it stopped us from doing everything we'd planned on that specific day, though, you would be wrong; we faced the rain and the wind and strolled and visited the city just as planned... we just made two strategic stops, once at La Place, a huge self-service restaurant in Kavelstraat that seemed to have ALL THE FOOD and then later on in a coffee-shop at Waterlooplein to get warm and have a much deserved break because, yes, it was rainy and windy and sometimes you just need to suggest something along the line of "OMG LET'S SIT DOWN AND REST FOR A BIT SOMEWHERE WARM AND NOT WET AND WARM, OK?" We both agreed it was a most excellent idea so we had ourselves some quiet time in a cozy place where we sipped a hot drink and savoured a lemon cake. There! ;)
We walked a lot, enjoyed the peace and quiet of many canals, went to the Van Gogh museum on Friday night and admired his paintings while listening to music as they have a DJ performing at the museum every Friday (such an original and fun way to visit a museum), tried on three different days at three different times to go visit Anne Frank House but failed each time as the queue was endless and you know how it is when you're in a city for just a couple of days (next time, though!!!), we went to the Amsterdam museum, had an hour-long boat trip on the canals, went to Begijnhof and admired the oldest house in the city (1485), were highly amused to see sex shops right in front of (as in only a couple of meters away from) Oude Kerke (the oldest church in the city), managed not to get killed by the bikers (they basically are the overlords of the city, you'd better bow down to them or they will run over you!), enjoyed the sun and a free concert at Vondelpark and did and see many other things. We had a blast ♥
To make a long story short, I fell in love with the city and I'm already planning on going back in the next couple of years with Cookie for a bit longer than three days this time, hopefully #FingersCrossed If you ever have the opportunity, I highly recommend the city - in case it wasn't clear :)
To be fair, though, I just came back (ie Sunday) from a three-day weekend in Amsterdam with my sister, which was (as per usual) wonderful! Also a bit eventful since we actually found ourselves strolling around the city on Saturday right in the middle of the "most violent July storm in the Netherlands since records began in 1901". As you do? :p If you think it stopped us from doing everything we'd planned on that specific day, though, you would be wrong; we faced the rain and the wind and strolled and visited the city just as planned... we just made two strategic stops, once at La Place, a huge self-service restaurant in Kavelstraat that seemed to have ALL THE FOOD and then later on in a coffee-shop at Waterlooplein to get warm and have a much deserved break because, yes, it was rainy and windy and sometimes you just need to suggest something along the line of "OMG LET'S SIT DOWN AND REST FOR A BIT SOMEWHERE WARM AND NOT WET AND WARM, OK?" We both agreed it was a most excellent idea so we had ourselves some quiet time in a cozy place where we sipped a hot drink and savoured a lemon cake. There! ;)
We walked a lot, enjoyed the peace and quiet of many canals, went to the Van Gogh museum on Friday night and admired his paintings while listening to music as they have a DJ performing at the museum every Friday (such an original and fun way to visit a museum), tried on three different days at three different times to go visit Anne Frank House but failed each time as the queue was endless and you know how it is when you're in a city for just a couple of days (next time, though!!!), we went to the Amsterdam museum, had an hour-long boat trip on the canals, went to Begijnhof and admired the oldest house in the city (1485), were highly amused to see sex shops right in front of (as in only a couple of meters away from) Oude Kerke (the oldest church in the city), managed not to get killed by the bikers (they basically are the overlords of the city, you'd better bow down to them or they will run over you!), enjoyed the sun and a free concert at Vondelpark and did and see many other things. We had a blast ♥
To make a long story short, I fell in love with the city and I'm already planning on going back in the next couple of years with Cookie for a bit longer than three days this time, hopefully #FingersCrossed If you ever have the opportunity, I highly recommend the city - in case it wasn't clear :)
