Europe 2007 – Day Nine

August 16th, 2007 - 10:39pm

Day Nine
Amsterdam
16 August 2007 22:39

Today was a lazy day. After more than a week of walking until we almost collapsed we needed some time off.

We ended up watching TV (most of which was in Dutch) until around 10:30am and headed out around 11:00am. An episode of Spongebob was quite funny in Dutch.

After, we strolled out to the Van Gogh Museum where we waited in yet another line for ~25 minutes before entering. I’m not a fan of Van Gogh’s style and don’t consider him to have been a particularly good painter and the museum didn’t change that. Justine did enjoy the museum though.

Walking back in the direction of our hotel, we grabbed some food from a local supermarket and decided to return to our hotel.

Some TV was in English so we flicked channels a little while, while eating our sandwiches.

Around 10:00pm (nothing opens hereuntil 11:00am or 12:00pm and is open late) we headed out and grabbed some fritjes (French fries) and fritssaus (fry sauce), which is a creamy mayonnaise-style sauce that is widely eaten here. A stir-fry place was next door so we grabbed some rice and shared both.

We needed a “day off” (strange we needed a holiday from our holiday) and both feel a lot better for it.

Tomorrow evening we leave for Munich on an overnight train which will be interesting, I’m sure.

Tags: amsterdam, europe 2007, holiday, lazy, spongebob, van gogh