We Want to go to AmsterDAM!

So Jordan and I have arrived in Amsterdam from Brussels. We got here on Sunday the 27th in the evening. The reason I titled this post "We Want to go to AmsterDAM!"is that Jordan and I have been repeating this phrase ever since catching our night train to Paris in Stuttgart, Germany about a week ago, and now we are finally here. It was about 2 a.m. and our train was already late but we had to sit and wait while the German train conductor attempted to explain to this Asian lady why half of her group had to be split up and sit in the Paris half of the train for the first part of the journey. The group was simply to big and they were going to add a car for them at the next stop which was Mannheim. Well this lady would not believe him and she kept saying "this say Paris, we want to go to AmsterDAM." She always heavily emphasised the DAM part. We felt bad for both parties because the German guy started getting really angry and yelling and even got a large paper to sketch out the switch, "You switch at Mannheim! It's no problem" he kept saying. And she would just say "We have to go to AmsterDAM!" This ended up going on for some time before it finally got settled and the Asian lady relented. We were already plenty late by that time so it didn't really matter. It was pretty funny and Jordan and I can't get AmsterDAM out of our heads. So that's a really long explanation of the name of this post.

Anyway, we finished up Brussels which I think is a very underrated city. We had a great time there and it was a lot cheaper than Paris. As for Amsterdam, in many ways it has exceeded my expectations. It really is a city that strives for tolerance of everything. Walking down the streets is an adventure of sights and smells. I'm not sure yet how I feel about the city's tolerant culture. In some ways I think I like it, in others I don't. A lot remains to be seen. Since we are here until Friday I still have time to come to some conclusions. So we'll see if I can come up with any definitive conclusions on AmsterDAM.

I hope this little update is decent. Anyway if ya don't know, now ya know...