Me and a bunch of my friends from the program in London took a spur of the moment weekend trip to Amsterdam and Bruges through Discovery Tours.. definitely a hectic weekend, but a lot of fun and a cool opportunity to see these cities!
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| On the bus entering the Netherlands, crazy fog that morning |
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| First views of Amsterdam! |
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| The world's first stock exchange |
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| The Royal Palace |
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| The Amsterdam Museum |
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| The sign of the city -- the 3 X's stand for the three natural disasters that Amsterdam has faced, Floods, Fires, and the Black Death |
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| Some photos of the residential area of the city |
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| Hotel De L'Europe, where John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged one of their famous Bed-Ins for Peace |
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| The Canals |
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| The Flower Markets |
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| Breakfast of Dutch Pancakes! |
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| The American Snack Store, filled with Betty Crocker, Aunt Jemima, and tons of different cereals and junk food |
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| Some graffiti we saw on the way to the Anne Frank House-- I didn't get any pictures of it, but it was amazing how well the Secret Annex was preserved. |
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| Outside of the Van Gogh Museum |
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| Some views of Amsterdam from the canals |
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| One of the many house boats in Amsterdam |
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| The smallest house in the city |
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| The Grasshopper, Amsterdam's original coffee shop |
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| The canals by night |
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| The next day we made a trip out to Zaanse Schaans, which was a very quaint traditional Dutch village |
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| Clog making demonstration |
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| Me and Andrea tried on some clogs.. |
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| I guess you're not supposed to swim? |
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| The clog-making workshop |
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| On our way to a cheese tasting! |
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| Nick, Melanie, Andrew, Fana and I by the water |
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| Channeling Cool Runnings, Jamaica has a clog-sled team! |
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| Then we made our way to Bruges, which was a really beautiful little medieval city |
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| Of course I had to try a Belgian waffle to finish up the trip! |
