Bicycles, wooden clogs, and a whole lot of canals

We had a surprisingly smooth journey all the way to our hostel in Amsterdam, and we were excited to reunite with Ana and our Belgian friend Gary, who we'd met in Barcelona. While Sarah and Ana rested, Gary and Renee did a self-led walking tour around Amsterdam. After dinner, we went to the bar at the hostel (I think Ana, Sarah and Renee were the only three females there) for a drink. We then met with one of Ana's friends at a close by pub. No wild shenanigans were too be had that night. 

We woke up to a glorious hostel breakfast to pump us up for our bicycle marathon that day. Gary, Renee, and Sarah rented some bikes and toured around the city.

 We need to brush up on our rules of the road on bikes, as the only thing we know how to do is ring our bells and hope we do not get run over by a car or other bikers. 

We ran into Ana later randomly on the streets and shopped around the red light district and the Dam plaza where the palace is located. After our day of cruising we are now inspired to return to Canada, spiff up our hot rod two-wheelers and tear up some pavement on our way to school (Although both of our routes to our schools are only about 200 meters away.. Gotta start somewhere. Look out Tour de France). 

We had to say goodbye to Gary unfortunately. Good luck on your exam. We will miss you very much! 

As we were meeting Ana's friend at the pub, we were approached by two pub crawl promoters. Sarah and Renee were hooked by the words, "free t-shirt." We left our stamps on each dance floor that night with our signature dance moves. Amsterdam now knows how terrible Canadians are at dancing. Unfortunately we didn't get to see the red light district at night. Our trip here was way too short. We will save that for our next adventure here. 

Now here we sit on our plane ride home, reminiscing on all the memories we have created with the friends that we have made. It feels like it was all a dream. As much as we will miss Europe, we are very excited to see our family and friends back home.

Goodbye for now, Europe. 

Hello, reality :( 

Thanks for following our blog on our European adventure. We hope we fulfilled our goal of keeping you entertained longer than your grandma's favourite game of bingo. 

Game over. 

That's all they wrote. 

Renee and Sarah