My Second Entry in the blog series
dynam3's Road to Europe
Hoi for Amsterdam *enter GTA4 Theme music*
After London is now the official starting day for my 2 week Tour, The Tour was organised with Trafalgar Tours, the tour was with numerous families and couples and with a brilliant tour guide and Driver for the bus we would be getting on, But first before the bus, before Amsterdam we have to cross the English Channel. We will be going on this voyage by boat obviously. And so the real adventure begins. While crossing the English Channel a remarkable sight is in view. The beautiful White Cliffs of Dover, What a sight that is!
After the Boat ride, we were all ready to board the bus. We travelled through France and Belgium on our way to Amsterdam.
As we arrived at Amsterdam it was time to enter the Notorious red light district, before I get there I should tell you people some facts, In Amsterdam marijuana is legal and so is prostitution as people in Amsterdam take it seriously as a serious occupation. Part of the tour is seeing the red light district and its shocks(for obvious reasons no photos were taken). Let's begin!
As we all enter the RLD you can already see all the Sex shops around selling their goods, there was so many of them around there, Oligopoly much! As we went deeper there are Coffee shops, looks innocent from the outside but coffee = weed, and trust me you can really smell it. Nasty! Don't go down the alleyways in the RLD, windows will open and give you a sight of women advertising themselves. And not the women you would want to see. Overall the Red light district was really dirty and seedy, not my recommendation to see it. But it was a GTA4 experience nevertheless.
you really wouldn't want a Coffee in there!
After the ugly side of Amsterdam it was time for the historical side of it, Amsterdam boasts they have more canals than Venice in Italy. It was time for a ferry ride across the canals. There we saw beautiful bridges and building of all make. We saw a glimpse of the Anne Frank house (you will know what I'm talking about if you paid attention in history)
In Amsterdam there are so many bikes around, everywhere you look you will see a bike and if you're not careful crossing the street you will be hit by one. After that we all than went to a Restraunt which served Authentic Dutch food where we could relax before we get to the hotel which was the best hotel of the trip.
Overall even though I didn't spend long in Amsterdam and ignoring the dirty sides of it, it was an interesting place to be in. If I could sum it up in one sentence it would be this
*Grand Theft Bicycle: Amsterdam* minus the crime and add a little history.
Doei
Guten Tag for Germany *enter 99 Luftballoons by Nena*
As we travelled and arrived at Germany, it was time to start the day and see the beautiful Church of Cologne, it was a really gothic ****building with gargoyles all around it (Trivia: it was the only structure still standing when cologne was bombed in WW2, ps. Don't mention the war in Germany). But really it is magnificent even inside it was great, Could match the brilliance to the Vatican. Could have stayed there for ages but time didn't let us as we were on a schedule and running behind it thanks to the German traffic on the way.
We went back to the bus to our next destination in Germany, now it was time to take a cruise on the Rhine River in Rhineland. It was a peaceful voyage showing the country of Germany and how beautiful it was. Through the cruise it made me forget of all the wrongs Germans have done in the past also the Call of duty series. Nearly the whole tour was on the top deck of the boat, In Europe it was summer, so the sun was shining and the water sparkling. On the boat I had a taste of some German beer (Trivia: apparently German beer doesn't give you hangovers as they don't add some ingredient). The view was absolutely gorgeous!
Photo: me and my Dad about to drink some German beer, in 2 years I can drink it legally.
The next day we headed to Munich, The tour guide than let us explore on our own. Munich was great. It was really fun with all the shopping and modern German stuff. In Munich we had practically had no time, again thanks to the German traffic so we had to rush things, we entered the Hoffenbrau a famous German pub, to have a little food and drink with my family. We waited for some service but it never came, we asked the waitress but she rudely ignored us like we were infected with swine flu. My theory is that Germans think they are superior to us. We tried to get her attention but she simply replied to us and said "Nein" = No. So we just left and went to explore more of Munich.
We than went shopping in some souvenir shops, took photos and saw the awesome Glockenspiel in all its glory. I should also add Germany have some really beautiful women there. I regret not spending enough time in Munich but time was of the essence in driving to Austria
Overall Germany was fantastic and I would love to come back to this awesome place.
Auf wiedersehen, End of Part 2
Next: Austria + Italy
Previous Parts
Part 1: Japan + England