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| Museumplein and Rijksmuseum |
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| 2005 Dasha in Amsterdam |
In April 2017 I flew over to the Netherlands to visit my friends Eda and Owen, who moved to Amsterdam for a year. The plan was to hang with friends, celebrate my 31st birthday, and travel South for the second wedding of our other friends! So many positive things jumbled into one week. I went to Amsterdam for the first time in 2005 when my friend Ursula (of Dashville7 fame) and I backpacked through Europe together. Back then we went to museums, walked the canals, and yes, ate space cake, smoked, watched Batman Begins in theaters and cried. This time was much more quaint! While it turned out to be a big group of us friends traveling around Amsterdam, then down to Eys for the wedding, and exploring Maastricht on my birthday, there was very little debauchery to be had. Ah, the difference between 19 years old and 31! My favorite memories from that week were biking around Amsterdam with Eda and taking in all the sights I had missed years ago because we stayed in the center of the city. Here's a collection of photos split up by 1. Bike Rides 2. Sights and 3. Food and drinks
Bike Rides
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| Just a couple hours after I landed, we biked to Amstelpark to take in some Dutch views. |
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| Eda biking by the Amstel River |
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| Yup, that's Dutch reindeer behind dear Eda. |
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| REINDEER |
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| What's the one about the Turk and the Russki sitting by the Amstel River? |
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| So quaint and pretty. |
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| Who needs a gopro? |
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| Biking in the Amsterdamse Bos - a huge English garden style park in the city |
Sights
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| Amsterdam City Flag |
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| Huge Rembrandts at the Rijksmuseum |
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| Staring Competition |
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| Posing with Eda, Rijksmuseum, and tulips on Museumplein |
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| Cem and Julie joined us! |
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| I'll take one ear, please. |
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| So beautiful. |
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| Inside Museum Van Loon |
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| Museum Van Loon has quite the inner courtyard |
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| Because one photo wasn't enough! |
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| Bike lovers on the canal |
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| Albert Cuyp Market |
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| I like to pose near tiny vehicles. |
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| Just a calm cafe scene |
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| Dinner with the crew |
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| Amsterdam has plenty of accessible and efficient ways of getting around! |
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| So many bookshops in Amsterdam. |
Food & Drinks
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| Heineken and some delicious bitterballen. |
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| NYC has hot dog stands, Amsterdam has fish sandwich stands. Herring or salmon sandwiches for all! |
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| CHEESE!!! |
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| It's BLUE cheese!! |
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| All sorts of typical Dutch seafood snacks from a shop at the Albert Cuyp Market. |
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| This is how the Dutch serve their ginger tea! Always with a cookie on the side <3 |
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| This is how the mint tea looks! YUM! |
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| Rainbow cheese, guys! |
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| Poffertjes - little puff pastries with a lot of powdered sugar |
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| Windmills all over the North Sea between the Netherlands and United Kingdom |
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