The trip getting there was so long. I left from Swansea to London (5 hours) then about 2 hours from there I boarded a ferry to France which was about 2 hours and then drove to Amsterdam which was another 7 hours. It was so worth it (yet I'll fly next time). Amsterdam is full of bicycle riders, 60% of the population rides a bike and they have special lanes for them and traffic lights. They have the right of way too, which is insane and I don't know how many times I almost got run over by a bike! My friends and I explored all of what we could fit in two days. We walked to central station where they have shopping and museums and many "coffee shops". No I didn't smoke weed but I went inside and everyone smokes around the city so I might have still gotten the effects. haha. They sell everything of weed... chocolate, energy drinks, cookies, muffins, lollipops..etc. I saw the Red Light District which was not even a minute from a church, and it was like nothing I've ever seen. Hundreds of women behind windows selling their services...it was like a zoo. People would walk around looking at the girls and if they liked one they would go in. The men were in heaven. They even have a prostitution center to help people understand why some women choose to rent one of these windows and work as prostitutes. I heard that its by the church because back in the day when sailors would arrive their they would commit "sins" and had to pay as a form of confession in the church or something? The point being I couldn't believe it was right by a church. They have the Anne Frank house, Flower market,Van Gogh museum, Diamond museum, torture museum, sex museum, cannabis museum...etc. I got to take a nice canal tour, they have canals everywhere, and went to the flea markets and flower market. The people were nice, laid back, with no sense of punctuality and the food was good too. A lot of sweets and sandwiches and a Chinese town where I had a not so great all you can eat dinner. It was very expensive! I had an amazing time, one of the best places I've been. It was just so different and totally liberal that it makes you appreciate that America isn't like that. They showed porn movies on the wall, a wall where children walk and it was just unbelievable haha I would go back in a heartbeat..so glad I was able to go there and step out of my comfort zone!
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