Hey all, our flight from MSP to Amsterdam was fine. Cave slept for about 5 of the 8 hours and Kuntz read, watched movies, slept and listened to music. We arrived in Amsterdam at about 10am. After trying to get our boarding pass for the Nairobi to Kigali leg (they couldn't do that for us in Amsterdam either but told us not to worry. We could get it later) we found a locker, packed our carry on bags in and went to Amsterdam.
Amsterdam is very excited about the Holland team doing so well in the Euro's (European soccer tourney). Amsterdam is a very international city. It has many people, many bikes and many canals. Lovely and beautiful. The weather was moderate but nice.
Amsterdam is very excited about the Holland team doing so well in the Euro's (European soccer tourney). Amsterdam is a very international city. It has many people, many bikes and many canals. Lovely and beautiful. The weather was moderate but nice.
We walked for a few hours just looking around and taking in the beauty. This was Cave's frist trip to Europe and Kuntz had been to Amsterdam in 7th grade. We split two delicious sammys at an outdoor cafe. A hummus sandwich with veggies on a white roll and a mozzarella with pesto and tomato sammy. Delish! Cave had a Coke and Kuntz had tea. OBSERVATION: Europeans wear lots of scarfs and the men think that the fauxhawk is cool. Lots of hair gel as well.
Anywho...We then made our way to the Ann Frank house. It was really interesting to see the warehouse made hiding place that we had read about in her book. There were journal entries written on the wall in chronological order throughout the house.
One of the most moving things in the museum was an original patch of wall paper that had the height markings of the hiding kids for the months that they had stayed in hiding. Sad. It was about a 45 minute self-guided tour with videos, quotes, simulations, etc.
One of the most moving things in the museum was an original patch of wall paper that had the height markings of the hiding kids for the months that they had stayed in hiding. Sad. It was about a 45 minute self-guided tour with videos, quotes, simulations, etc.
If you are in Amsterdam I would recommend it but don't go to Amsterdam just for it.
We boarded the train and went back to the airport. When we got there we check in and asked to counter guy if he could print us a boarding pass for our Nairobi to Kigali leg. He actually upgraded our tickets to Nairobi but told us he was unable to print the next leg for some reason. He told us of a secret way to bypass the endless line in Nairobi though. We will see. We had some time so we went and ate McDonald's.
When in Amsterdam...
Lates.
Kuntz and Cave
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