And we are still alive.
Sunday we arrived in Amsterdam- a whole new city, and a wholeeee new language. We discovered the New Europe tours, which are free walking tours of major European cities- and apparently Australians are the best tour guides! (We had Aussies for our guides in Amsterdam and Berlin.) We visited the Anne Frank House, Van Gogh Museum, and walked the canals for a whileeee (with a few stops in between.....).
We made friends with another two guys from Tennessee, one of which taught in South Korea. We also came across a couple from Tenn. in Brugge. They taught abroad as well. Too much of a coincidence. If we meet another Tennessee native teaching abroad we've decided to jump on board!
Biking in Amsterdam is not a hobby. People do so aggressively and without concern for others (especially les deux tres belles Americannes!). We were not impressed. Regardless, Meghan feels the need to purchase a bike for the Newport summer.
Dutch and German are not the same language. Around 3am our first night in Amsterdam Alana realized this as she tried to thank the kind front desk man at our hostel after he helped her make an "important" international phone call. After "Danke" and "Danke schon" (the extent of Alana's high school German) the man told her that the Dutch do not speak German. She quickly replied with "Auf Wiedersehen!" Ooops! Timeeee for bed! Little did he know Alana was just getting ready for Berlin.
Tonight is our second and last night in Berlin. A great city to experience and lots of interesting history. We did another New Europe walking tour, the Topography of Terror museum, and tried to find Wilhelm. Not too sad to see Berlin go though...on to Prague tomorrow, where we PROMISE we will post lots more pics (Couldn't do it on this computer!) Auf Wiedersehen!
MD&AB
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