Amsterdam, Netherlands

First off rule number one of visiting Amsterdam: Don't get yourself killed by a bicycle. They will dart out at you from various directions and at various speeds.

Despite the fact that bicycles are a rather dangerous hazard to your well being, our time in Amsterdam was very enjoyable. We left Berlin for Amsterdam very early in the morning so there was a lot of craziness on the part of me and my sister. Insanity at its finest on what was the most relaxing day of the trip. We got into Amsterdam early in the afternoon where we met up with Dave and Alison, my dad's best friend from grade school and his wife. They lead us to our houseboat and we relaxed by shopping or sleeping as the latter was the choice of my parents while shopping was the choice of my sister and myself. We then went out to dinner with Dave and Alison.

The next day was our final day of both Amsterdam and the trip. As a family was all headed out to the Van Gogh Museum. The sunshine beating down on us as we trekked out to the museum. Unfortunately for us the nice weather disappeared and we were left with pouring rain. So we headed for lunch hoping that the rain would let up a bit before Karlena and I stood outside in the rain to get into the Anne Frank House. That was something that we both wanted to do but since both our parents had been there the last time they were in Amsterdam we were on our own. It was not too bad of a wait since it moved rather quickly.

After spending a good chunk of the afternoon waiting to get into the Anne Frank House we decided that we were more or less out of time to go and do anything else due to time constraints. We just ended up hitting the shops looking for clogs to give as gifts before we headed back to meet up with Dave and Alison for our final dinner in Europe.

With the end of dinner came the end of the trip and it was time to pack up and head home.