Amsterdam

  • the surprises of the netherlands

    our time in the netherlands has been a welcome surprise from what i was expecting and i’m so glad that haha pushed for us to spend nearly two weeks in rotterdam and amsterdam to close out our stay in europe.…

  • beaches in the netherlands? whodathunkit?

    while in riga, we took refuge from the many flash latvian rainstorms to plan out the final weeks of our european travels.  we managed to squeeze in a few hours at a nearby blue flag beach (jurmala) while in riga…

  • weekly recap #28 – amsterdam

    this has been the quickest seven months of our lives.  i almost can’t believe that it’s over and that we’ve done 27 of these weekly recaps (some of which were longer than a week due to me being lazy).  we’re…

  • first 24 hours in amsterdam (netherlands)

    jojo: what do i like? -impeccable transit network.  the reach of the trams and metro lines are amazing and you can get to nearly any corner of the city with ease.  this hasn’t been the case for many of the…