Well guys –
it has been a while AGAIN :D I’m sorry :P
(my last post was exactly one month ago)
...but here’s
a little update about the last weeks.
First of
all I went on vacation with my host family and it was quite nice :) We went to
the province Limburg in the south of the Netherlands. It was kind of a center
park with indoor playground and swimming pool –jippy!
When we
came back I was really excited about Annika visiting me. She came here by car
and arrived exactly when we had dinner so she got a good impression about my family
with all the kids. She still stayed afterwards :P in the evening we just talked
and enjoyed the time together but we also needed some sleep because we had lots
of plans for the following days.
So on Saturday
we headed to Amsterdam where we arrived with approximately with thousand other
tourists who wanted to explore the city. When we arrived the sky turned grey
and it started to rain but after an hour the clouds fade away and sun came out
for the whole day!!
Good for us
because we could take a lot of pictures. So the first station was the I Amsterdam
sign in front of the Rijksmuseum which was pretty crowded but we got some okay
pic thoug.
Furthermore
we walked around a lot while trying to find the Anne Frank Museum. Well in the
end we found it but thanks to me we first walked into the wrong direction.
There we
had to wait for around half an hour which is pretty short as I know from a
coffee shop around the corner where I got some warm chocolate and a big cookie
to shorten the waiting time.
Inside the
museum it was pretty impressive especially for me as I made a presentation
about Anne Frank in school, saw
different versions of the movie and of course read the book.
I can recommend it
to go there when you’re interested but maybe go in winter otherwise you’ll wait
really long.
The next
day we went to Rotterdam where Sandra (Danish au pair and good friend of mine)
joined us. First station was the Pancake boot – YES we have a pancake boot
where you go on a ride ba boat and you can eat pancakes as much as you want or
better can. Well but as you’re stuffed pretty fast we couldn’t use it that
much. Don’t eat breakfast though not as we did haha.
As the boat
starts and ends at the Euromast which is really nice to visit to get a very cool
view over the city.
As you can see on the pics they have some open scary open
stairs to go a little further. Well what can I say? A MUST DO when you’re here
in Rotterdam.
Next
station was the New York Hotel Rotterdam. How we got there? By Water taxi – which
equals lots of fun and arrival in as little time as possible. It was the idea
of my hostdad which grew up here and I also have to say it’s really a lot of
fun – even more in summer.
There we
could take some great pictures and had some fresh mint tea.
Next step
was the Fotomuseum which wasn’t that special but what followed were the cubes
houses. There we went into one and saw that it looks cool from the outside but
is really unpractical from the inside and you can’t really use the space
properly.
After that
we weren’t finished at all because our next must see was the only still existent
older part of Rotterdam: Delftshaven. It was really idyllic with these old crooked
houses which are really cute and a windmill at the end of the harbor.
On Monday we
also had some time in the morning and as Annika was here by car we were
visiting the “Kinderdijk” which is the place with the most windmills per square
meters. It’s really a typical place to visit when you’re in the Netherlands.
Well on Tuesday
our time came to an end again :( It was really awesome to have you here Annika
and I really enjoyed the time with you!!
With lots of love ♥
Leo
