The next morning we strolled through Vondelpark and found some bikes for hire, seeing as everyone seems to use bikes not public transport here we decided to jump on the bandwagon. We rode to a massive foodhall with lots of food from all over the world. I settled on Salmon Poke and decided to try an Apple Cider, I usually hate them as they're so sweet at home (besides the Flying Brick Cider ones! ) but this was yum, light and refreshing! We jumped back on the bikes and raced across town to our canal tour. We learnt all about the canals (they don't smell here, unlike Venice according to Doug), about Amsterdam as a big shipping port and about the houses that learn forward (intentionally so that it's easier to hoist goods to the top floor). We also sailed by Anne Frank's house. It had been a big day so far so we decided to have a treat and try the best Appeltaart (dutch apple pie) in the city, Doug made me share but it did not disappoint! Doug then thought we should see a windmill, because we were in Hollond afterall! We found one of the few still left in Amsterdam which had a brewery under it so we did a beer tasting as well. I didn't enjoy any of them but D liked a few. It was getting late so we headed home for a good night sleep.
Our last day! We woke up and rode through the streets having a look around. We had to drop off the bikes at midday so found an amazing little fusion restaurant near by for a quick lunch. I then allowed Doug his one nerdy activity for the trip. We were off to Microbia, a museum all about Microbes. Doug even has a favourite microbe which was featured quite heavily... I was just learning what a microbe was. We spent a few hours there (a VERY long time watching the ant farm) and then headed once again to my favorite pie shop. This time I was not prepared to share! I would have gone for seconds if Doug was willing to sit there for another 10 mins! We then headed over to the Heineken experience - where they used to brew the beer but is now a Museum/ode to beer. It started off okay, learning about how they make beer but in the end it all kind of felt like subliminal messaging to get us to buy Heineken. We still had an hour until our dinner reservation so sat at a bar outside in the sun and had another cider. We were booked into Red Restraunt which I've been dying to go to as it's one of my friend Brookes favourite restraunts in the world. They only serve steak and lobster! To start we shared a blue steak and steak tartare- it was sooo good. Then for main we had half a lobster each - alot of work to get all of that meat out but definitely worth it. Finally we shared a cheese cake which was sooo creamy. It was then time to do what every tourist needs to do in Amsterdam... Go see a show at Casa Rosso. I initially thought it would be super awkward and seedy but it was just very touristy, most of the people watching the show was couples or Hens/Bucks nights. It was all very funny and quite impressive (I did not know you could smoke a cigar like that...). It was after midnight at this point so we spent some more time wandering around the Red light district, picking out our favorite girls and getting lots of taps on the window from them. Again, i thought it would be super seedy and gross but really its just a massive tourist attraction- kinda like Disneyland! We ended up walking home as a 10 min Uber was going to cost 35 euros!
We are now on the plane home, such a great trip with so many memories but definitely not long enough!
Until next time!
- K x
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