Amsterdam: 'the dodgiest place on earth'

When we went to Belguim we didn't really do much because we were only staying there for one night, so I'm going to skip that and go straight to Amsterdam. If you had read the title ( which for your sake I hope you did because it's massive) you would think that Amsterdam is dodgy. It is. It's beautiful, I'll give it that, with all the bikes and the cute rows of houses as well as the canals, but the fact that some the houses could sink at any moment, and that marijuana is legal there kind ruins the image.

My first impression of Amsterdam wasn't very good either. We drive in in our new Mecedes Benz hire car,

when we suddenly found ourselves amidst a massive crowd. After reading signs, we realised that today was euro pride festival, which meant that the population doubled.

We did two main things in Amsterdam. A bike tour and the Van Gogh museum. Both of these I thoroughly enjoyed.

First was the Van Gogh museum, which houses most of Vincent's artworks. My favourite was sunflowers, as it was very messy, but at the same time vibrant and beautiful. There were also many other artworks, including multiple self portraits of Vincent. I was surprised with how many artworks he made: more than 500. This is even more amazing when you realise he was only an artist for about ten years.

We also did a bike tour of most of Amsterdam. It was chaotic. Even though bikes had priority over everything and their own lane, everyone was everywhere and people kept getting lost. It was funny because our tour guide was in dad's terms:'a pothead'. In between breaks he would be seen smoking marijuana. One of the highlights was a giant windmill that was used to make bread in the olden days. It had recently been converted to a bar that made nice Apple juice.o

We also went to Germany, but that's another story for another time.