Amsterdam

I am in Amsterdam! After a non-eventful flight and sitting in the airport for a couple hours I met up with the two girls, Lorraine and Camille, from Vancouver. We had to take a train from the airport to Center City and trying to buy a train ticket was more difficult than we thought. The machine did not take cards nor did it take Euros in paper form, so we had to go ask for coins. We got our train tickets but our next challenge arose when we had no idea which train to take. Everything was written in Dutch and there were six different trains to pick from. Finally, we gave in and asked a security guard. When we got off the train at City Center we had about a 20 minute walk to our hotel. Carrying large backpacks and luggage was not ideal however the site of the city was enough to make it bearable. We are in the heart of the city so there are so many bikers, walkers, and tourists (like me). The weather is around 55 degrees and sunny. We just got to the hotel to get cleaned up and unpacked. Glad I made it safely and without too many obstacles to jump over!