Spring Break, Day 7

We got a few hours of sleep before we had to get ready for our train to Amsterdam.  We got on the train at 9:55am and transferred in Frankfurt before arriving in Amsterdam at 5:30pm.  We took our first trolley ride which landed us in the middle of Liedensplein which is a square filled with shops, restaurants, cafes, and bars.  We walked around lost for a while before finding a sign that directed us to the hostel.  The hostel (Stay Okay Vondel Park) was incredibly nice and modern.  There were giant red and orange arm chairs all over, a few foosball tables, a bunch of computers, and a bar/cafe.

We were on the top floor since were stayed in a 20 person room!  The room was situated alot differently than we expected since there were nooks with two bunk beds and lockers.  There were two toilets and three showers but no blow dryers!  Luckily, the beds were super  comfy!  We made our beds then went down stairs to look at all the information we had collected about things to do.  We decided to do a pub crawl of the Red Light District and the crawl started at 8 so we didn't have any time to get ready or get dinner!

The crawl only cost 15 Euro and included a t-shirt, free shots from 8-8:30, a shot at each pub, entrance into 4 pubs, and entrance into 1 club.  At the first bar we were all hungry so I got a hot dog (AMAZING) and the girls split chips and dip.  Some how Anna and I were convinced to try guacamole; not all bad but I still don't like it. Two guys came to sit with us who were from Canada, Brian and Ryan (holy confusing!).  They had been traveling for the past six months and seemed like great people.  We ordered some run and cokes and chatted until moving onto the other pubs.  Walking through the Red Light District I was amazed at all the girls in their booths.  There was every type of girl you could image, most of them were actually really attractive and clean looking.  We made tons of friends with all the people on the Pub Crawl who were from all over the world; Australia, the UK, Canada, Brazil, and the US.  The pub crawl was definitely a good choice, I had an amazing night!