I've arrived.....and I love it!

Okay first of all, I can honestly say that my 11 hours combined flights to get here weren't so bad. I drove from Jacksonville, Florida to St. Louis (15 hour trip) to say goodbye to my mom and son and then took a flight from there to Chicago and from there to Amsterdam. The flight to Amsterdam (7 hours) honestly went pretty quickly. I flew United Airlines and I was really impressed with the service. They served a snack, dinner and breakfast. The plane was roomy and the guy I met on the plane sitting next to me was super cool (Charles)! He had me rolling the whole flight!


When we arrived I was immediately ripped off at the currency exchange and got back about 100 euros for $200 US dollars. But our economy sucks so it's to be expected. Now, with me being gone for a month I of course had to pack a lot of stuff. And my bags were HEAVY. If I had it to do over I would have picked better ergonomic friendly bags to carryon since I absolutely refused to check luggage. Something, maybe, similar to what Charles is modeling above. You like?




The airport itself was awesome and totally diverse. I saw this cool cheese booth too. Did I tell you I love cheese? Well, I do. :-)


Okay, I left the airport and took the train to Amsterdam Central Station. I gave up on lugging my huge bag around and checked my bigger bag and went back later to retrieve it. There's sooo many people and sooooo many bikes. I think its awesome the way people of all sizes and ages are able to maneuver their bikes so well. I'd love to leave in such a bike friendly society.




This is truly a beautiful place and eclectic place!



Now, one thing that I noticed: people here walk alot so their description of distance is.....shall I say "skewed". For instance...right down the street probably means about 10 blocks. I swear I walked about 1 1/2 to get to my apartment based on a few friendly directions of "It's right down the street, dear". I love it! I even love the walking. And the people here are soooo friendly.

And it takes soooo long for it to get dark here. When I walked back to the train station to get my bag it was like 9pm here. It looked like Noon. At 11pm it still looked like the afternoon.
The view from my apartment is awesome too. I can even see a canal from my window! So far, I love it here!


Ps....I miss my Bunny!:-)