Amster[dang] Trip

Woooooo, this past weekend was quite the adventure to Amsterdam. Of course being that this trip was the first non-class trip that was booked, something had to go wrong. Our first train from Bonn to Colongue took 15 extra minutes due to there not being an open platform. This 15 minutes would normally not be a big deal, however when you only have a 15 minute lay over to get to the next train then this is not good. As soon as we got to Colongue we had to race out of the train, only to have two lose to the concrete, and me pushing the button to open the train door as the train was leaving. We thought that for sure there would be no trip to Amsterdam this weekend, but luckily someone above was watching over us and we got on another train out one hour later.

In Amsterdam:
The city of Amsterdam is beautiful, as a man who loves water the endless amount of canals running through the city was an amazement in itself. We started by taking a tour through the Anne Frank House and buying tickets for other attractions. Due to us booking this tip pretty last minute out hotel was a good 45 minute walk after our tour, but it was worth it. The hotel looked like a kids dream with super cool bunk beds, a nice counter top to sit at and admire a nice view, and everything else a hotel has to offer. The first night concluded very late after a self led night tour in the city and our group hanging out at the hotel after. Sleep being of the essence, the next day we all got up early for breakfast and to see the Van Gogh Museum, a walk around in the city's central park, souvenir shopping and then some down time before our train for the ride home. There are things we wished we would have done like a canal tour, but we were all very happy with what we got to do and the decent amount of money spent. The people who went on this trip definitely made it better and I would and will go back to Amsterdam in the future.

It was nice to be able to book a trip all by ourselves though and a successful one at that. This was one of many trips I am sure I will be taking and one of many amazing weekends that I will have the blessed opportunity to be apart of.