Hello all! We have since left Amsterdam and are now writing from Bremen (West Germany)
So Amsterdam... AmsterDAYUM!

Vondel Park

For real... What a special place. We made a good choice to arrive in a city that speaks a lot of English (not just for the tourist but the people too). It made it much less stressful arriving after 16 hrs of travel.
Alex and I ended up renting bikes for a few hours and explored Vondel Park (so beautiful!) then met up with Spenser, Anna, and Daniel. We walked around endlessly (and not even the whole park), spent most of our time at the adult jungle gym then made our way out of the park due to a sudden small storm. Apparently its pretty normal for the skies to be clear then to turn stormy.

Vondel Park through my lenses

Daniel, me, and Alex at a bar in Amsterdam

We had the good fortune of showing up just in time for the Gay Pride festival and boy do they put West Hollywood to shame! Word is there were 4.3 million people in the city for that weekend, and enough party for everybody. Saturday kicked off with a BOAT parade through the canals. BOATPARADE. Floats of people in flashy clothes, colors, glitter, feathers, makeup, whatever. Everyone wearing a smile. Drag queens looking fab. And everyone full of love about it. Events went the whole day until midnight FOR FREE.

Even the tower is proud

Canal parade!

Please feel free to drop your jaw for the DJ booth on a riser with pyrotechnics.

Alex and I found ourselves pretty sleep deprived from being jet lagged and being in a city so party that there really is no good time to sleep. We hope to visit there sometime again with the hopes to connect with people from there, and get a less touristy feel for the city.
(Pictures to come)