Man oh man, when that alarm went off at 7am, I wanted to scream. I don't know why, but we've been going to bed at 2am or later every night... and last night was no different. Anyway, we got up and going super early because we had tickets for the Anne Frank House at 8:30. It took us a little over 30 minutes to walk there and we got there with two minutes to spare. :-)
After walking through the first couple rooms, we realized that we were leading the pack. It kind of made the experience better because you weren't surrounded by people. It was just me and my mom, that's it. It was special.
Even though I had already been through this museum, I still got the chills while walking through it. I reread every script, looked over each photo, and watched all of the videos again -- it's still just as unbelievable as the first time. It took us almost an hour to get through it, and when we walked out, the line was almost two blocks long. I'm so glad we bought our tickets in advance!
After that we walked to the train station to head to Rotterdam! On mom's 'things to see' list, seeing windmills in Amsterdam is close to the top. It was a short 45 minute train ride, which means too short of a nap for me. We got some tickets and got on a boat that would take us to the windmills. After 30 minutes or so, we arrived to Kinderdijk... home of 20-something windmills. We got off the boat and walked up and down the bank for over an hour. Everything was so green and beautiful. We saw some dark clouds rolling in so we decided to head back to the boat before it hit us.
We got back to Rotterdam and the rain still hadn't reached us yet, so we walked around and found the 'MarktHal'. Inside this huuuge, round building were shops on shops on shops. You could buy flowers, fresh fruit, spices, homemade bread, fresh meat, coffee, and so much more. We settled on some dessert. We watched her make some churros and holy moly, it was fantastic!
Finally the rain hit us, so we got on the tram and headed back to the train station. Luckily there's a train running to and from Amsterdam every 15 minutes, so we didn't have to wait long at all. We jumped on board and headed back to Amsterdam. Since today was a long day, we settled for room service :-)
Tomorrow we're off to Brussels, Belgium!
The only photo from the Anne Frank House
So glad we didn't have to wait in that line
Is it really an Amsterdam river photo without a bike in it?
Our breakfast
Welcome to Rotterdam!
Now to Kinderdijk
So pretty
I liked this bridge
Fun fact: a tiny dog that was by this windmill chased me off its property... K
Windmill Selfie
Cube Houses in Rotterdam
The ceiling inside MarktHal
So. Many. Shops.
Rotterdam's train station
Rainy evening in Amsterdam
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