Amsterdam(ed)

So, it turns out that Amsterdam, for us, was more of an Amsterdon't.  We had troubles and crazy times from the get go. As we exited our train and followed the crowd out, I thought we would be ok.  But, as we poured ourselves into the lake front along with the thousands of others here for Sail 2010 we found life a bit difficult. Combine this with the weather and we were in for a bit of a trip.

We rented bikes and attempted to navagate the huge number of people.  With the rain storms it was not only a challenge, but a nasty one at that.  We dodged, bikes, tourist, cars, vespas, small motorcyles, all of which thought they deserved to be on the "bike lanes." Constantly on our guard, we attempted to manuver the city.  One scary incident with a car brought our romantic trip in Europe to an almost nightmare.  We thought it best to turn the bikes in and become tourist on foot. 

But that was not it.  Our hotel "ship" had a room size less of that of the cabin on the train we took to Amsterdam.  Eliz and I could literally not be in this room if one of us wanted to unpack or get ready in the morning it was That small.  She had the top bunk and swore there was mold all around the port hole.   I was afraid to check. 

This being said we jettisoned (yeah I went nautical on this thing) our plans for the last night in Amsterdam and pushed on to Brussels.  When I say this town smells likes waffles, I do not lie.  In the train station, on the streets, it seems everywhere we go it's waffles smells and smiles from people.  Definetly the right decesion.  Although we will be here for less than 24 hours, it was well worth the trip from Amsterdam.  Now it is after midnight here and I am reeling on the cheese and great beer. 

I will say Amsterdam was not all bad, there were good things, but for us, Brussels is where it is at.  Here are some pics from both places. (oh and spell check is only operating in German, so get over the misspelled words)

Our small, yet uncomfortable room in a Ship

Wicked Awesome Bar in Amsterdam.  See if you can see the anomaly here.

Beach Cruiser is not my Style, give me a MTB

Brussels, Belgium

Waffle Time in Brussels "the best I've ever had." EVRM

We may have not loved Amsterdam, but we did have some fine times.  We are having fun in Brussels too.  Next five days we will be in Taize.  Don't know what the internet is like, so let's hope updates will follow.  Peace!