Sunday 31 March 2013

May the cards lead the way

At the hotel lobby we had found lots of small cards (like business cards) each offering discount to a different sight of Amsterdam. We ended up with about 10 cards and decided to have a look on each offer.
After a disillusioning breakfast our steps lead us to the famous Albert Cuyp Market with the weather changing from bright sun to snow every 10 minutes. They mostly have shoes and food among other junk. Still had a good time and awarded ourselves with our first Dutch fries. Yay.
Stopped by a pharmacy to buy as much painkillers as we could since they're so cheap here. The guy behind the counter was really funny. Almost like the guy from "Two And A Half Men". Maybe not exactly as crazy, haha.
As we slowly drifted into the city center roughly steering to our next destination we eventually came upon Rembrandt plein (place) which lined with cafés and bars. Had a break with a cappuccino sitting outside in the sun letting it's rays warm our faces like most of the other tourists and realized that none of us ever had a coffee in a café with all chairs facing in the same direction.
When the clouds took over again we hit the road and stopped by a very small shop crammed with all kinds of guitars of every age and every country. There was hardly space for us so we had a look, turned around and left. Would really be worth to go there some time again and try all those babies and have a chat with the owner.
Criss-crossing through town we stopped by De Bierkoning to browse through 1100 different kinds of beer and the self claimed best pancake house in Amsterdam. I don't know if it's really the best, but it's pretty damn good! The staff was pretty relaxed despite all the fuzz and the food outstanding.



Did a canal tour, had the best dinner at my beloved Malaysian restaurant, got us some space cakes afterwards and were back at the hotel around 10 pm spending the rest of the night there having a good time.


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