Amsterdam

So The Netherlands is another country added to the list of countries we have visited after we spent two days in Amsterdam. Let's just say Amsterdam was an "interesting" city. Nowadays, it is basically famous for its legalized prostitution and marijuana. We don't really fish from that pond if you know what I mean; so we weren't really sure what to expect. But Amsterdam is actually a beautiful city, and because that sorta stuff is legal, it is all concentrated in one small area of the city, and the rest of the city has nothing to do with that (except for the "coffee shops" which are sporadically spread throughout the city and sell weed).

So, here is how the trip went down:
Flew from Basel, Switzerland to Amsterdam; arriving around 11:30ish on Saturday morning.
Found our hostel and dropped our stuff off.
Wandered around the city a bit, found some cheap food.
Stumbled upon the Red Light District and discovered our Hostel was on the very edge of this.
Went for a free walking tour of the city given by a Canadian from Vancouver. This was pretty cool, we learned a lot about the history of the city and the different sites to visit. Walked around a bit more, and then back to the hostel.

On Sunday we got up and had the hostels free breakfast.
Went to the Anne Frank Haus, which is the house in which Anne Frank was in hiding before the Nazi's captured her and her family. This was quite the experience and definitely worth seeing. Found a place for lunch, checked out the shopping district in Amsterdam, also saw the Jewish quarter, and the port.
Other than that it was raining the rest of the time (and a bit in between stuff) so we didn't do too much else.
Lastly we flew back to Basel around 9:30pm; then finally caught a train home to Baden around 12:00am and got home by 1:30am.

It was a long weekend but so much fun; Amsterdam is a beautiful city!