M&M Go Dutch, Part 2...

Hiya all. So, here are some more pictures from our Amsterdam trip. On Sunday, Meredith and I decided to get up early and do some cultural things together.







We headed over to the west end of town to visit Anne Frank's house. Unfortunately, we didn't go in. It was lined up around the block and neither of us wanted to spend 2 hours of our vacation standing in line. Here's a picture of it though:










We stopped at a few coffee shops along the way, and just relaxed. It was so refreshing to be in a place where the standard of coffee is so high. No instant here baby.

Our next stop was to do a canal tour. It took us on a circuit through the canals in the west end, which is the swanky part, and through the docks as well. It was pretty cool.

After that, we made our way to the hostel to see Claire.




The rest of our trip was spent eating,









drinking,









and being merry. All in all it was a fantastic place, and we both wished we could have seen more of the country.







By the way, in the last post I mentioned something hilarious that Meredith bought. Well, here it is:

It's a Russian Doll!











Of Saddam Hussein











and Yasser Arafat











and Osama bin Laden











and Tariq Aziz











and Hosny Mubarak












It was either this one, or Britney Spears. We went to a restaurant afterwards which was run by a couple of brothers from Egypt. I think they would have bought it from us if we offered it. I was worried that we were going to get hassled at the airport if Customs found it. Thankfully, it was okay.






Hopefully it'll be fine when we come back to Canada. I guess we can say to Customs what Saddam always says on South Park: "Hey, relax guy. You need a rest". And with that, I will sign off. Later.