The Netherlands
Amsterdam and Utrecht
19.08.2008 -17 °C
Andre, his friend Kristoff and I hit the road for Amsterdam on Monday. At the "border," I took a picture next to the "Niederlande" sign. There was no customs or a fence or anything. The trip took around three hours (plus another hour driving around Amsterdam, looking for parking）. Amsterdam is a very interesting city with lots to do and see. The many rivers and the houses on the rivers are beautiful, as is the architecture. Our friend Qingyi lives in the Netherlands and speaks fluent Dutch, and was very sweet and helpful.
We visited the Anne Frank house, which was very sad. We also visited the red light district, which is world famous.
We left Amsterdam the next day, and headed to Qingyi's hometown, Utrecht. It is a very nice city, much more calm than the busy streets of the capital city. Tomorrow we will go to a park where we can feed monkeys, and I am very excited. I hope they are not like the mean monkey's
Here are some pictures:
Utrecht:
Amsterdam:
Anne Frank's Haus:
Posted by e1quarnst 12:13 PM
I have been away from computer and internet since last Saturday. It is great to get caught up on your vacation now that I am back from mine. Hope to hear more about Anne Frank's house and what local people think about it in context of modern times. Also, because I am curious about such things I'd welcome more description of the "famous red light district."
20.08.2008 by Terry Liu