so we got on the bus this morning and everyone started hacking and sniffling and coughing. i was immediately disgusted and broke out the emergin-c and sucked down 2 in a row. i so refuse to get sick while i am out here!
we headed first to aalsmeer which has the worlds largest flower market. while it was pretty and smelled nice we only really needed to be there for 10 or 15 minutes. we then moved on to a bus tour of rotterdam (i was totally bummed we couldn't get out because it looked really interesting). then we went to delft. that's the place they make all those white and blue plates, pottery thingys, etc. again, we were at that place for way too long and that was boring.
we went in to the town square at delft for lunch and that was good. i met simon and louise, a cute couple from quebec. they were both studying abroad in france (one in paris and the other in strausburg). we talked about the whole frenchy thing (see previous post) and they even said that they thought the frenchies had bad attitudes a lot of the time. french is their first language and the locals would talk to them in english which they thought was strange. they thought that it was maybe due to their accent being different? anyway, they ruled :)
so after lunch we went to the hague and saw all the cool buildings there and the peace court and peace flame (we saw it for 5 minutes!). then they took us to a totally cute beach town called scheveningen (don't ask me how to say it). we only drove by that as well :( the winds were really picking up so the swells were pretty high. andrew - you would have so wanted to surf there! i miss the beach!!
then we went to the most non-appealing/lame thing of the day. it was miniature models of a lot of the things we had seen that day. it was outside and at that point it started pouring. but people were in to it for some reason. i'll post some of the pics and while it was semi interesting it is so not worth the 13 euro admission and a complete hour was so not needed there. however, the chocomel from the cafe was fantastic (i think it's chocolate milk with caramel in it. YUM!)
so, overall, some of it was ok but a lot of it wasn't. so if you ever come to amsterdam don't bother with that tour. i am awarding it two rolling eyes that roll back in to your head and pass out! but maybe it's just that amsterdam is so exciting and fun and the rest of the netherlands just doesn't live up to that kind of standard. who knows? here are some pics:
a windmill in haarlem i believe:
the statue of the man without a heart in rotterdam (i think the guide was saying rotterdam means the city without a heart!)
the pretty church and square in delft:
the peace court in the hague:
the miniature place:
other than that, walking around town again was awesome. tomorrow i am going to the van gogh museum and maybe nemo (it's a scientific-y, nerdy museum for kids but it looks really interesting). the only thing that sucks is that it's so cold, rainy and windy. and i don't think the weather will break before i leave. oh well!
and i also have to make up my red light district night tour!
ok, so i am heading home after london (possibly dublin) in december and i think i may be back and ready to settle in to nyc. i don't know what the situation is with the antarctic cruise yet but they informed the dec 8th cruise people that there would be no cruise so they will probably be notifying us soon as to what's up. i'm a little bummed because i paid $1600 for my plane ticket to buenos aires and i don't think it's refundable :( anyone up for a trip to south america? it's summertime down there, you know! i could so use some sunshine right about now!
MWAH!
tiff
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