Amsterdam and Germany

After leaving Bruges, we took a train to Amsterdam, with a layover in Brussels so I could have my ears checked. We then stopped at a place nearby Amsterdam for a while. The first day in Amsterdam was spent swimming at a nearby lake, followed by dinner at a restaurant named the Boat House.

The second day was spent riding our bikes. There was some drama with James and his bike, but that was it. The ride through to the Waterlands and lunch was two hours, there were other places, but none of them were greater than 3 stars. We ate, tried to leave at a good pace, but the wind. The god-awful wind. Our travel time was double by that stupid wind.It didn’t help that for almost the entire ride back, we were in the wind’s way. We got back a lot later than expected, thanks to that wind.

The third day was spent checking out the Rijksmuseum and Vondelpark. The fourth day was spent at the Van Gogh Museum. you know abut Vincent Van Gogh cutting his ear off? Apparently it was because he had a mental breakdown. A few years afterwards, Van Gogh had been living in a mental institution, and went into a field and shot himself in the chest. He died a few days later.

The trip to Germany was a trip to see Tante Marianne, then to Betzdorf to steal her house. Which was on a tall hill. Thankfully someone drove our bags up there for us. That hill was huge.

The only full day in Germany was spent looking around Betzdorf and on a whim, Siegen.