Tulips, Rain, and Beer - part I

If you haven't already guessed from the title, we thought January was a good time for a road trip through Holland, and Belgium (yes I know I am posting in June..better late then never right?). There is nothing like your boyfriend watching the world cup for 5 hours straight to make you start blogging again. Anyways, after spending the winter holidays with family in both Bosnia and Czech, we were ready to head off on our own again in search for a new adventure.

Starting in Amsterdam - sin city of Europe. What can I tell you that you have not already read, or heard about Amsterdam? Not much as it is exactly so. Our hotel was located right behind the red light district, prime creeping location of course, and we spent a lot of days strolling through foggy streets, stopping in for a strong smooth beer every so often, and photographing cats in windows.

To me, part of the charm was the moist, grey, and foggy weather that followed us on this trip. Have I mentioned I love fog yet? When we weren't strolling we were eating everything from Pannekoeken, to heavenly moist cakes, with Stroopwafels in between.

After a few days in Amsterdam, we picked up a car and drove to Rotterdam, to meet an old friend of mine, with a stopover at Den Haag for a breath of wintery, yet salty, beach air. 

I have to mention what made this that much more memorable was the rekindling of an old Friendship from 23 years ago (yes, I realize this dates back to me being a toddler). It is a friendship that started in my very first year of life with a boy named Edo, my parents best friends' son, who photobombed almost all my baby photos.
Turns out, we still have a lot in common meeting again now after so many years as young adults.

I would not necessarily recommend visiting Rotterdam, other than the notable architecture, there is not much to do unless you have a friend to take you to a Dutch student bar for some table dancing and cheap beer.

*INSERT PHOTO OF TABLE DANCING HERE* ;)

Next stop was Antwerp, city of gold…literally storefront upon storefront with well priced gold practically sold by the kilo. Being with two boys we skipped the gold and opted out for another night out on the town. Beautiful architecture, scrumptious beer, and another red light district - what more can you ask for?

This is where we parted ways with our new friend, to meet again at the end of the trip, and continued on our road trip solo. Driving through the countryside in both Holland and Belgium is absolutely noteworthy and recommended with; open fields, windmills, storybook homes, beautiful nature, and in our case FOG!

This foggy scenery above was a nice introduction to our visit in Brugge, probably my favourite stop on the trip, but this I will save for another post. Bed time for me - night xo