Earlier on this year, myself and two friends took a little trip to Amsterdam. It was planned a year ahead as we brought tickets for a concert, but didn't book anything until a few weeks before, that's the fun of it right? We flew with Easy Jet, the flight was extremely short 1 hour max, we had an early flight so we had an extra day to spend in the city. Last year we took an extremely shorter trip to Berlin, with only a return flight booked and 50 euros each, we had no plans but we all agree that's how the adventure begins. Our trip to Amsterdam consisted of two nights in a hotel, about 15 minutes away from the center of the city and just 2 stops on the metro to the arena we were going to on the second night. We each had 100 euros to take us through 3 days and no plans, just a concert ticket and a list of sights we planned to see.
Day 1 was an early morning and flight from Luton to Schiphol, arriving around 10 am we figured our way from the airport to our hotel, after getting lost, caught in the rain and trying to ask people directions who didn't know where to direct us, we finally found the hotel where we discovered the gift of free, fast, working WiFi! We settled in unpacked and took our self's back on the metro to the center and grabbed some dinner. We found the ' IAMSTERDAM' sign which was on our list of places to see whilst we were there, after a little walk we sat down and ate at an Italian restaurant, we all had an amazing pizza and a retro bottle of coke all for about 12 euros each, as it was spring it was still light at around 6pm, so we continued walking and walking where we found a hill of grass, at the top it overlooked the town and a park, after a while of sitting on the hill we went to the park and sat on a the bench, and I've got to say it was one of the most happiest hours of my life. Sitting on the bench with my best friend, in a city I've never been before, watching people walk past in their own town was so peaceful, an hour of feeling content with your friends, finding your self being in the moment with no worries on your mind; I would gift this feeling to everyone if I could. A few hours later the sky was no longer lit so we made our way back to the hotel, to rest to prepare for our next day.
Day 2 was our only full day in Amsterdam so we decided to make the most of it, sleeping over our alarm made the morning a bit more hectic then planned. Traveling back to the center we visited Amsterdam central which is the Amsterdam version of Trafalgar/Leicester Square, just walking around looking all the shops was an amazing experience, we walked over canals, through the red light district, and visited the Sex Museum - yes take it as you want, but this was one of my highlights of the trip. It'll be a controversial attraction but for me and my friends it suited our humor as was a great hour to our trip. As we started the day late couldn't tick off everything of our 'sight seeing list' but we made our way back to get ready for the concert. Listening to the album of the band we were about to see, showering, straightening and curling our hair applying makeup we was ready for the concert. A 5 minute journey and we arrived at the Ziggo Dome Arena. Enjoying the night with my best friend, listening to the music of my favourite band performing, it then ended around 11 pm when the concert finished and made our way back to the hotel. With midnight cigarettes, watching our videos back and talking about how amazing the trip has been, it was now our last night in the amazing city of Amsterdam.
Day 3 morning came, packing our bags we checked out our and made our way back to central where we caught the train back to the airport. As we didn't need to be at the airport till about 4 pm we decided to just walk through the town and see where it'll take us, finding our self's in a Nutella Cafe; which was one of the best cafes I've been to! Ate the most amazing chips with a tone of mayonnaise and sat on the edge of a canal thinking about what adventure we should take up next. The day came to an end and we was back on the plane landing in England.
This trip was by far in my top 5 countries to visit, the buildings and scenery were so picturesque, the food was amazing and the people were so friendly. One of the highlights of the trip were the amounts of bikes! Bikes were everywhere for 1 person there must have been 10 bikes, walking across the road was an experience to remember.
Thank you for reading,
Hayley x
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