Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Amsterdam
We are in Amsterdam!
We arrived at around 10am yesterday morning, after a very early wake-up. It was rubbish weather in Helsinki so we were hoping for better weather here, and it was. We decided to try a taxi as our method of transport to the hotel, but it turned out to cost 66EUR (the train was just 3.60EUR and a 1km walk, which we could have managed on foot - we will try that route on the way home!).
As soon as we walked around close to our hotel and found a small cafe for lunch, it started thundering and raining hard, so we were stuck there for a while. We braved it back to the hotel after a while, and waited for it to stop being so wet before exploring the city. We found the main shopping street and then went to the train station briefly, and then headed to Anne Franck's house. There was a long queue, so we took photos outside instead of waiting and actually going in.
We then slept for a few hours back at the hotel as we only had about 4 hours sleep the previous night - we were out driving James up to Tampere until midnight.
Charlotte had been in contact with some other new UVA students that she will be going to university with, and they arrived in Amsterdam yesterday too. We met up with them for the evening and went out for the evening, and doing more exploring.
This morning we woke up to rain and another thunderstorm. We were planning to go to The Hague, where Charlotte and Milja visited in January, but as it is wet again, we will stay in Amsterdam and try some museums, specifically the Van Gogh museum.
We arrived at around 10am yesterday morning, after a very early wake-up. It was rubbish weather in Helsinki so we were hoping for better weather here, and it was. We decided to try a taxi as our method of transport to the hotel, but it turned out to cost 66EUR (the train was just 3.60EUR and a 1km walk, which we could have managed on foot - we will try that route on the way home!).
As soon as we walked around close to our hotel and found a small cafe for lunch, it started thundering and raining hard, so we were stuck there for a while. We braved it back to the hotel after a while, and waited for it to stop being so wet before exploring the city. We found the main shopping street and then went to the train station briefly, and then headed to Anne Franck's house. There was a long queue, so we took photos outside instead of waiting and actually going in.
We then slept for a few hours back at the hotel as we only had about 4 hours sleep the previous night - we were out driving James up to Tampere until midnight.
Charlotte had been in contact with some other new UVA students that she will be going to university with, and they arrived in Amsterdam yesterday too. We met up with them for the evening and went out for the evening, and doing more exploring.
This morning we woke up to rain and another thunderstorm. We were planning to go to The Hague, where Charlotte and Milja visited in January, but as it is wet again, we will stay in Amsterdam and try some museums, specifically the Van Gogh museum.
Dan | 
11:40 
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that blinkin' boy (james), forcing you to stay up so late. I heard he was a bit of a trouble-maker. hehehe jokes :)
i hope the weather improves! & that England's weather is mildly better when u come! wahey!!!:D
:clare
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