Land of Windmills, Tulips and Hookers

On March 6-8th I went to Amsterdam with my roomies Kelsey and Maren. We flew from Prague to Eindhoven and then took a train to Amsterdam. We started off by getting on the wrong train, but it still went into the city and so we just found our way to the hostel from there. Once in the city, we met up with friend from our program Nick and Quinn who had been there a couple of days already and they showed us around the Red Light District. (you're not allowed to take pictures there because of the right to privacy for the girls, they will either break your camera or throw a glass of piss at you, so take photos at your own risk). We ate dinner and then went back to our hostel.
The next morning I went to the Anne Frank House and toured it, it is an indescribable experience and a place I never thought I'd see in my life. The rest of the day was spent touring the city, buying hats that said Amsterdam on them and such. We took a free tour and here are some things I learned/

-it is a biking city due to how flat it is, bikers are vicious and they will run you over.
-20,000 bikes are pulled out of the canals every year, this is because Dutch teens have a drinking game where after they get drunk they throw bikes not locked down into the river to see how big it splashes.
-they have now stepped up this game by tipping smart cars into the canals.
-Amsterdam is actually located below sea level
-Weed is actually illegal, just not strictly enforced
-prostitution is legal but PIMPING is not
-the houses lean forward so merchants in the old days could pull cargo up from the canal, if it leans sideways the foundations are bad
-there is a giant squatting community in the city

So basically I had a great time, here are some pictures

Age of Aquarious

My day at an aquarium and carnival with Kelsey, Maren and Greg
here's a sharkie!

greg upside down

Roomies

Funhouse with Maren

Keeping warm inside

scariest ride ever, i screamed the whole time i was on it