Monday, May 9, 2011

On to sights unseen...

After Paris, Amsterdam comes in a close second for my favorite city we visited on the trip. Apart from the Red Light District, everything is so beautiful. I did walk through the Red Light District for about 5 minutes. It's a strange experience... you have a river in the middle of the road with swans swimming around, all while prostitutes and standing in red lit windows beckoning anyone willing to come in. It made me want to go wash myself off. Anyways, for most of our time in Amsterdam we rented bikes and hung out at a "hippie" park called Vondelpark. It was so pretty with all the flowers and lakes and people just hanging out.
After Amsterdam, we went on to Brussels where we did nothing but eat! Belgium beer, Belgium waffels, Belgium chocolates, and Belgium fries. Their beer really is the best... Oh, and saw the peeing boy statue that Brussels is so famous for!
Next, we went saw Luxembourg, Strasbourg, and the Dachua concentration camp. It was kind of eerie to see, and I learned a lot about the Holocaust that I didn't know before.

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