Our last full day in Amsterdam began with a wonderful commute to the Van Gogh Museum. Brad did not want to go, so I went by myself. I am very glad that I bought tickets online in advance, because I got to enterv the museum at 9am without waiting! The queue line was enormous by the time I left the museum. It was at least a couple hundred people long waiting outside in the rain! It was really neat to see Van Gogh's actual paintings that I've only seen in textbooks. They were beautiful.
Brad meet me at the museum a few hours later, and we went for lunch. We went to a place called De Hallen, which ended up being s delicious old warehouse full of food stalls. We went for Vietnamese food. After this, Brad played a piano in the warehouse and drew a crowd. We then went to a cool pub with 52 Dutch Beer on tap. The lady there was awesome, and I ordered an 11% beer of love. As we left, Brad noticed that there was a card that said visit these four pubs in one day and get s free shirt! That's precisely what we did for the rest of the day, sightseeing and hitting up pubs. We did end up getting a free shirt by the end!
We then took a ferry ride to an island and back. This is the second time we've gone to an island and back to the mainland. Brad keeps bringing me to these places and then we leave immediately because there's nothing but residential places.
We walked back into the Red Light District that evening. Feeling a little more comfortable, I peeked into the windows. It is such a strange place.
Utrecht tomorrow!
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