Amsterdam

Amsterdam is as beautiful as Paris, but less crowded. It's one of my favorite cities to walk around. Most tourists try to bike a little, but I was not a fan of that idea. Most of our weekend there (Nov. 11-13) was spent walking around the canals and eating street food.


Sitting by a canal:

Amsterdam was full of really great graffiti: 

Near all the museums:

Line for Van Gogh museum:

The Van Gogh museum was really great! We saw a few of the sunflower paintings and lots of self-portraits. It was definitely worth the wait. Afterwards, we went by the biggest flower market:

We stopped by the Anne Frank House, but didn't have a chance to go inside:

We made sure to go by a cheese shop before leaving, where I picked up some Gouda from Holland:

On our way to the train station, we saw a lot of people dancing around in blackface. It was super confusing and we later found out that their Christmas includes Santa Claus and "black pete":

I'd love to go back to Amsterdam at some point!