Wednesday everyone had their own agendas and split up for a day to 'do your own thing.' So after a number of days with us all together, some of us slept in, and some of us headed out for our own adventure. Kora, Robyn and I all headed first to the flower market just North West of here.
We browsed the bulbs, flowers, and gifts for a while before we found - a chocolate bar! Oh yes, a bar that serves coffee & chocolate exclusively. Not the most inexpensive random date, but hey this is Amsterdam. We got sufficiently buzzed on sugar and caffeine, then browsed a massive, local market. We found some potential things, but left empty-handed towards the West side of the Red Light District for some church browsing. Amazing how old, preserved, and functional they are; and we're not talking 100 years here; this is 500 years of structural stability and function.
From here we looped back around and ate an Indian lunch in Dam Square then raced like crazy up to Central Station to catch the tram back to our place, pack up, get some wine, and head South Vondel Park where we walked around, played, and breathed easy for a bit. Aaron and I headed out later that night, met a Gypsy, some Americans, Dutch, French, and Australian friends, grabbed some falafel for a 2am snack and fell asleep.
We browsed the bulbs, flowers, and gifts for a while before we found - a chocolate bar! Oh yes, a bar that serves coffee & chocolate exclusively. Not the most inexpensive random date, but hey this is Amsterdam. We got sufficiently buzzed on sugar and caffeine, then browsed a massive, local market. We found some potential things, but left empty-handed towards the West side of the Red Light District for some church browsing. Amazing how old, preserved, and functional they are; and we're not talking 100 years here; this is 500 years of structural stability and function.
From here we looped back around and ate an Indian lunch in Dam Square then raced like crazy up to Central Station to catch the tram back to our place, pack up, get some wine, and head South Vondel Park where we walked around, played, and breathed easy for a bit. Aaron and I headed out later that night, met a Gypsy, some Americans, Dutch, French, and Australian friends, grabbed some falafel for a 2am snack and fell asleep.
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