Wednesday, June 13, 2012

June 6, 2012











Today we met up in the hotel lobby at 8.00 and we walked about thirty minutes to the Prague Castle.  It was cool to see a different type of architecture than what we have been seeing.  We walked around the castle and into its various surrounding buildings that were once used by Czech Royalty.  We were finished with the tour at about 11.30 and pretty much everyone went back to the hotel to get ready to leave.  I went to my room, packed my stuff up, got some quick lunch, and got on the internet… you never know when you will have it again over here.  We had to leave the hotel at 2.00 to catch a 6.10 flight out of Prague.  We got a taxi bus and did the whole airport routine.  We made it on the plane and landed in Amsterdam at 7.40.  Amsterdam is an incredible city, the buildings are beautiful, and it is like a mix of Vienna and Venice.  There were buildings that looked like those in Vienna and there were a series of canals like those in Venice.  We took a train from the airport to Amsterdam Central and walked to the Bulldog Hostel in Amsterdam City, right in the middle of everything.  We decided on the Bulldog because it is the cheapest thing anywhere near town.  It is the biggest hostel in Amsterdam and it was pretty cheap.  This was going to be my first hostel experience… not sure what to expect.  The rooms had ten beds to them each.  The only other person from our group with me was Joel.  The beds weren’t too bad; there were two showers, two toilets, and a pillow, so all is well.  After all this we met back up and explored the town.  We checked out some of the red light district and walked around checking out the nightlife.  It is definitely a different world over here.  Amsterdam is a beautiful place; it is too bad considering the reputation that it now has.

T

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