Well, I have to say that it's nice leaving in the late afternoon. I got up pretty early this morning, did a little bit of work (like job work), and then ran my remaining errands (like the bank, picking up the dry cleaning, etc.). I've been home since about noon and I've just been relaxing and planning my short stay in Amsterdam. So far, this is my planned itinerary (of course, knowing my luck with travel, I'll be massively delayed somewhere and this plan will get completely thrown out the window!):
1) Central Station to Museum Square (I don't think I'll go into any of the museums like Van Gogh or Rijksmuseum) but I'd like to see the area. I'll either take the tram almost directly or stop off first at the hostel I'm staying in to drop off my backpack.
2) Canal cruise through the city.
3) Take the tram from Museum Square to Dam Square/Royal Palace. Walk around there for a bit.
4) Walk from Dam Square to the Anne Frank House. I'm hoping that if I go late enough in the day, the line might go down (that's what my book says....).
5) Walk just up the street to the Pancake Bakery for dinner. I know, that menu looks delicious!
6) Walk back towards the hostel via the Sex Museum. Believe it or not, I'm going here to get some new information for one of my fall classes (e.g., history of sex, culture of sex). This place is open until late so it's a perfect last stop before returning to the hostel for some sleep.
I'll head back out to the airport on Wednesday morning around 6:00 am probably (which means I'll be up and making my way to the station around 5:30 am). That's way early but I have to go through the airport and deal with all my bags and that could take some time.
That is all for now! It's about 2:00 pm here and I'm just waiting for my ride to the airport at 2:45 (thanks mom!). At this time tomorrow, I will hopefully be doing a blog check-in before bed in Amsterdam (it's 7 hours later there; I'll be another hour later once I get to Bucharest). La revedere (goodbye) until then!
I was just curious if you felt safe walking alone on all the streets or do the locals warn you about specific areas? Plus do you make a point of it to walk in twos? ( is it suggest?)
ReplyDeleteI was warned to not really walk in the Red Light District by myself at night and since I was staying there, I made sure that I was in by the time the sun went down. In Romania, I've never walked by myself at night (Cathy or someone else walks back to the orphanage with me) but I usually head over by myself in the morning.
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