Not much to say about Amsterdam...
Like many a morning, it started out hopping on a train. It was a long and continuous trainjourney. Not much sleep since we had to move around on the train a bit. when we crossed the border into the Netherlands the train changed staff, Dutch sounds so funny we were cracking up.
We arrived mid-day/afternoon, hostel was already booked so it was just a matter of locating it.
Big disappointment. I would describe the hostel with these words: dirty, crowded, hot, dank, clammy, smelly, far from the city centre, horrible. It looked like somebody had been murdered in the bathroom. Utterly horrendous. A small tip when booking hostels, try to book the uptown ones.
On a limited budget, we just combed the canals, sitting down eating sirup-waffles and browsing the Interior-design shops. I really like the narrow houses by the canals, even the houseboats looked real cozy. I´d imagine myself drifting on one of those, just chilling and living life at my own pace. The biggest general impression from the trip is how crappy Oslo is with bikes.
We ate pizza in the park both days, and that´s basically our stay in Amsterdam. The city with many a coffee shop but no good coffee oh, and plenty of bicycles. Wish I had one.
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