Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Sept. 4
Day one of the trip. My parents drove me to NYC. We met up with my brother and had some burgers in Madison park from Shake Shack while watching the US Open. From there, I met Conor at his sister's apartment. We shared a car to JFK and flew to Amsterdam. It was a 7.5 hour flight. My seat was a little tight and Conor was quite cramped.
Sept. 5
The flight arrived in Amsterdam at about 7 AM. After going through customs we took the train to the city center. We found a hostel near the train station and got a bunk (room unseen). After dropping the bags in the hostel's storage area, we struck out into town. We went to the Anne Frank house and did a canal tour. At about 2 PM, we were extremely tired. We went to the hostel and took a nap in the bunk. It was not that clean. I was not impressed with the hostel at all. Luckily, Conor had a friend who came by to visit that evening (on business). We went out to eat with him and stayed in his hotel (expense account!). We strolled the Red Light district that night before bed, but it was seedier and not as concentrated as I envisioned it.
Day one of the trip. My parents drove me to NYC. We met up with my brother and had some burgers in Madison park from Shake Shack while watching the US Open. From there, I met Conor at his sister's apartment. We shared a car to JFK and flew to Amsterdam. It was a 7.5 hour flight. My seat was a little tight and Conor was quite cramped.
Sept. 5
The flight arrived in Amsterdam at about 7 AM. After going through customs we took the train to the city center. We found a hostel near the train station and got a bunk (room unseen). After dropping the bags in the hostel's storage area, we struck out into town. We went to the Anne Frank house and did a canal tour. At about 2 PM, we were extremely tired. We went to the hostel and took a nap in the bunk. It was not that clean. I was not impressed with the hostel at all. Luckily, Conor had a friend who came by to visit that evening (on business). We went out to eat with him and stayed in his hotel (expense account!). We strolled the Red Light district that night before bed, but it was seedier and not as concentrated as I envisioned it.
# posted by Adam @ 8:52 AM 
