europe trip day 6 amsterdam take deux
July 8th, 2008 by shinzu
This is an overview of our room in Amsterdam. We rented a hotel in the outskirts of the city center.
To start off our day, we would go to an Indonesian restaurant the waitress the night before recommended to us. Here you see Heienken Brewery which is near our hotel.
The restaurant we ended up going to.
For lunch, they had special combination specials. As you can see, it is quite pricey for lunch.
Picture of the place mat
Rob and Pete ordered the combination plate while Ben and I ordered a single dish.
Our goal at almost every restaurant is to try a new beer. This beer is umm.. I forgot.
Remember.. in europe, water often costs money, and coke costs more than beer in many places.
The place was decorated very ‘orange’ which is the color of the Netherlands according to a commenter on one of my other blog entries.
We walked down an expensive shopping street after eating, then heading to Rijks Museum. Hmm.. I wonder if its open.
Rijks Museums unfortunately did not allow any pictures to be taken inside.
The museum was quite an amazing one. It detailed much of dutch history, and ended the gallery with the spectacular Nightwatch paining.
This painting was simply amazing to see in person. It was at least 10 feet wide by 10 feet tall. I’m happy Ben was there because he would talk a lot about the little nuances of the painting such as lighting, color, detail, etc.
Outside of the museum, we ran into an “I amsterdam” sign.
I am amsterdam video.
These two people here were trying to swoon this girl. I think it was working hehe.
(Picture choreographed courtesy of Robert :)
r for ‘rob’
These were the guys swooning the girls hehe.
Next stop.. Anne Frank’s house. The real one this time.
Yet another place not allowing photos. The house was quite cool. It is basically a walking educational tour with many media spots where you can learn about how they hid Anne Frank’s family and the different people involved.
Anne Frank’s house had a really weird requirement of wearing your backpacks in the front. Eh?
Another weird restroom.
There are no starbucks in Amsterdam at all, but there are quite a few subways.
More canal madness.
It started POURING during lunchtime, so we found some refuge in a sandwich shop
Sandwich video review
I ordered ‘dutch meat’
Open wide :)
My lunch. (Dutch meat).
Fortunately for us, nobody got pick pocketed (we were wearing money belts)
A condom store we passed by
It was closed so we just took pictures outside.
They made little figurines out of condoms.
We walked by red light district during the day, and it pretty much resembled any regular street. Some guy decided to take a dip in the canal, and immediately got arrested by police.
At night, Ben saw a pool place, so we spent the rest of the night chilling there.
Ben explaining snooker
We were playing on the extra long tables. Ben was a great asset in giving us shooting tips and teaching us snooker.
Rob giving me some pointers on the shot.
Some cool pics with different camera settings.
Ben shooting with a bridge.
More beers to sample.
I hope the paper doesn’t rotate on itself hehe.
Again, like other bars in Amsterdam, each glass has its own beer.
Ben shooting with an extra long cue
Some new friends we befriended that night.
Ah our bartender Fabian, such an awesome guy. We learned quite a bit from our conversations from him. We learned that the red light district used to be a chinese area, that college in Amsterdam is really easy, and that he doesn’t like french people haha. He recommended us to an awesome bar the next day.
Overview of the pool bar
Some night canal shots.
Walking back to the hotel.