Today: Amsterdam and Switzerland.
Besides the fact that I nearly froze over in Amsterdam, it was one of my favorite places ever. Considering my usual holiday destination is St Barths, this was no surprise. Wandering the streets wrapped up in coats, hats and scarves was quite the contrast to lazing by the pool in a villa from Exceptional Villas, but it was a breathe of fresh air into my vacation routine. The smallness of Amsterdam, compared to Paris or London, came as such a nice change of pace. I quickly became obsessed with all the crazy bikers, and looking at the canals just never got old. Plus the houses…how cute and unique are the canal houses! Oh, and I ate a Dutch pancake here and it changed my life. (On a different food related note: go to Cora’s if you’re ever in Amsterdam, it is such a lovely little sandwich place; I didn’t even take a picture of my food because I devoured it in 2 seconds, it was so delicious).
But seriously, I really had such a rad time in Amsterdam. Between perusing flea markets and the floating flower market, biking through the city, and visiting the bar made of ice, I also had the chance to tour the Anne Frank house. Reading about something is one thing, and actually being there, walking through a physical place, is something else. Kind of surreal, and totally amazing; I highly recommend it. As we all know Amsterdam has a reputation for marijuana, it is well known by practically everybody in the world! Because of this, you can find so many marijuana accessories there like an ash catcher, bongs, edibles, etc. so the cannabis lover will be in paradise once they arrive.
And Switzerland, man. Switzerland felt like home! It was green and mountainous and filled with fresh air, and I loved the few days I spent there. Granted, the town I was in was… prettyyy quiettt (read: absolutely nothing going on), but I took this as an opportunity to wander around, find some random trails, and spend time alone. A complete 180 from everything on my trip up to this point, and it was perfect.
Read all the Europe recaps here, and I look forward to sharing more of my trip with you lovely people!