Amster-damn!

As in - 'damn thats a cool city!'

Mare fell in love with riding our bikes around the picturesque canals and the relaxed summery atmosphere of vondelpark. And this was before the bars and coffee shops.

Mare looooved the bikes!













Me - not so much. But these 'girly' looking bikes are the style in Amsterdam with litrerally thousands of them parked all around the place.
















This is an example of the bikes parked pretty much anywhere there is space to chain up a bike. In this instance its on a bridge crossing one of the canals. The houses in the background are also an example of the buildings around amsterdam. They are all thin, tall and go back really far. This is becase when they were built there was a tax on wide houses.












The beautiful canals.


















Then there were the others things that Amsterdam is know for. See the red light district was an interesting experience. It seemed like a bit of a freak show with the girls standing in the windows, the thousands of people and mainly guys.








Click on the image below to check out Mare almost crashing her bike...



Cheers,
Tomasz


Hello All,

I had a fantstic time too - loved the historical building and riding those fab bikes everywhere! We managed to squeeze in some time before we left to visit the Heiniken Museum which was pretty fun. 3 free beers included in the price - as you can imagine we left there pretty happy. Maybe we shouldn't have gone there straight after breakfast (hhhmm).

Would recommend this city as a "must do" for anyone travelling to Europe. Oh, and of course - if you're in Europe and you don't drop by our place I will personally kick you're arse!

Enjoy the photos - There will be more as we are off to Scotland this weekend for the Edinburgh Festival - Looking forward to it.

Lots of love from London,
Mare

PS: I promise that I am good at riding my bike!!! Here she is trying to ride with the Heineken Brewery in the back