A Dam Good Time

Yeah I ripped off the tourist slogan, sue me (may or may not be sober so take this all with a grain of aslt).  Amsterdam is pretty awesome too, I have to say.  I spent my fisrt three days here exploring the historical and toursity part of the city with my Mom and sister, hitting the floating flower market, another flower market which is widely acknowledged as the largest outdoor market in Europe, as well as some other sites.  Amsterdam definitely seems to be much more of a hang out and chill city than a sightseeing city, which is fine with me at this point haha.

So Darryl got here yesterday, and ever since then I've been looking at Amsterdam from a slightly different perspective that I had been up until yesterday in the morning.  Of course, the history and all that is awesome, but enjoying the nightlife has been a complete revelation.  The pubs around here are a little expensive (make that very), but it's certainly possible to be economical if you look around a bit and try.  After exploring yesterday, today we rented a paddle boat and made our way up and down the canals that criss cross the downtown area of the city.  It's definitely an efficient way to explore Amsterdam without having to navigate the streets which are laid out in a really illogical way.  In spite of all that, the city is beautiful...with all the 18th century canals and houses around, its just totally scenic and awesome, full of old footbridges and canals and all.  We're gonna be here for a few more nights, so theres more to come haha.  Here are some pictures: