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Amsterdam was....it was everything everyone thought it would be. The red light district was crazy. We kind of did things backwards on that trip. We went on a tour on the last day that we were there so we didn't get to follow up on any of the cool things we were seeing. Also we didn't get to actually finish the tour because we had to catch our train to the airport. The reason that we didn't get to the tour until the last day was because we didn't know what time it started. While we were in Amsterdam we went to the Van Gough museum. It was amazing. The painting were so cool to see up close. The picture of the urinal looking thing, is actually a urinal in the street in Amsterdam. It helps keep men from peeing on the street. I just thought it would be funny to take a picture of it. The cat in the picture was this cat from a little store on the street that we bough fruit from. I LOVE cats so I picked it up and the handed it to Casey and it just crawled up on his back and stayed there while he walked around the store. It was so cute. There were lost of cats in Amsterdam. I don't think they were strays, but they were in tons of shops and stuff. The most recent thing we have done *and most painful* is hike up to the top of this mountain called Ben Lommand. I have been hobbling around for a few days but I am really glad that we did it. The hike was 7 miles round trip and we gained and lost about a mile of elevation along the way. The hiking book said the hike would be 'moderate'. Now I know that it meant moderate for people who regularly hike. Most of the way up and down we were hiking in a stream. I did not bring hiking shoes and my tennis shoes are too small. So what did I wear? Clarks. Regular shoes....First of all they are too big so they kept slipping every time I took a step and second the did not grip very well. It took us about 5 hours to get to the top but we took our time getting there and we stopped to eat lunch on the way. I was complaining at times.....but the views were breath taking. I have never seen anything so beautiful, and apparently neither has Casey since he kept saying things were 'so beautiful' every 2 seconds. As we came closer to the top it started to rain and the wind really picked up. I was pretty miserable at that point. All I wanted to do was get down because my knees were killing me. Once we got to the top we looked around for about 1 minute and then started to go back down. On the way down we saw and AMAZING rainbow after the rain had stopped. We only had 2 hours to get down or else we would miss the last ferry home. So we pretty much ran down as best we could. Casey had to be my human crutch because my knees were pretty much dead and didn't want to keep going. ON the way down I had to go to the bathroom really really bad. So we stopped and found a place. When I was done I felt like my heel was hurting. When I looked down there was blood on the back of my shoe and on my sock. I had apparently got a blister and then it popped. There was another one under it but it hadn't popped. So Casey duck tapped my heel and we were on our way again. Luckily we made it down to the bottom with 1 minute to spare. The trip wore us out and we rewarded ourselves with a very yummy meal at this Italian place I have been wanting to try. Like I said before I complained a little...ok maybe more than a little on the way up but I would do it again if I could. I hope you guys enjoy the pictures!!! * there were A LOT more of Ben Lommand but I didn't want to bore you with a million pictures of the same thing if you wanna see more let me know*
Amsterdam was....it was everything everyone thought it would be. The red light district was crazy. We kind of did things backwards on that trip. We went on a tour on the last day that we were there so we didn't get to follow up on any of the cool things we were seeing. Also we didn't get to actually finish the tour because we had to catch our train to the airport. The reason that we didn't get to the tour until the last day was because we didn't know what time it started. While we were in Amsterdam we went to the Van Gough museum. It was amazing. The painting were so cool to see up close. The picture of the urinal looking thing, is actually a urinal in the street in Amsterdam. It helps keep men from peeing on the street. I just thought it would be funny to take a picture of it. The cat in the picture was this cat from a little store on the street that we bough fruit from. I LOVE cats so I picked it up and the handed it to Casey and it just crawled up on his back and stayed there while he walked around the store. It was so cute. There were lost of cats in Amsterdam. I don't think they were strays, but they were in tons of shops and stuff. The most recent thing we have done *and most painful* is hike up to the top of this mountain called Ben Lommand. I have been hobbling around for a few days but I am really glad that we did it. The hike was 7 miles round trip and we gained and lost about a mile of elevation along the way. The hiking book said the hike would be 'moderate'. Now I know that it meant moderate for people who regularly hike. Most of the way up and down we were hiking in a stream. I did not bring hiking shoes and my tennis shoes are too small. So what did I wear? Clarks. Regular shoes....First of all they are too big so they kept slipping every time I took a step and second the did not grip very well. It took us about 5 hours to get to the top but we took our time getting there and we stopped to eat lunch on the way. I was complaining at times.....but the views were breath taking. I have never seen anything so beautiful, and apparently neither has Casey since he kept saying things were 'so beautiful' every 2 seconds. As we came closer to the top it started to rain and the wind really picked up. I was pretty miserable at that point. All I wanted to do was get down because my knees were killing me. Once we got to the top we looked around for about 1 minute and then started to go back down. On the way down we saw and AMAZING rainbow after the rain had stopped. We only had 2 hours to get down or else we would miss the last ferry home. So we pretty much ran down as best we could. Casey had to be my human crutch because my knees were pretty much dead and didn't want to keep going. ON the way down I had to go to the bathroom really really bad. So we stopped and found a place. When I was done I felt like my heel was hurting. When I looked down there was blood on the back of my shoe and on my sock. I had apparently got a blister and then it popped. There was another one under it but it hadn't popped. So Casey duck tapped my heel and we were on our way again. Luckily we made it down to the bottom with 1 minute to spare. The trip wore us out and we rewarded ourselves with a very yummy meal at this Italian place I have been wanting to try. Like I said before I complained a little...ok maybe more than a little on the way up but I would do it again if I could. I hope you guys enjoy the pictures!!! * there were A LOT more of Ben Lommand but I didn't want to bore you with a million pictures of the same thing if you wanna see more let me know*
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