Last Destination

So, we made a slight miscalculation when it came to getting from Prague to Amsterdam. We HAD to take an overnight train. Sucks for Rob, we were all excited to show him why train rides are so great....the day time trains that is. Night trains arent the best. And our night train left at 6:00 pm and arrives in amsterdam at 10am. Long ride.

To pass the time before our night ride, we decided to go to a Medival Toture muesem. It was Halloween, felt like being in the mood. YUK, i regret it now. People are messed....I dont even know how you could think up half those things to do. Like tieing a peron upside down from their legs and sawing them in half. I wont go into all the other details....just know that its gross, it happened, and it took far to long to get those images out of our heads.

After we packed up, we finally sat down to check something we should have checked along time ago.
Now, if you all remeber we are sharing a bank account with a 300 dollar a day limit. Now, we've been kinda keeping track what were taking out in our journals, for it does not say on the bank statement how much is in there. But we have not actually sat down to look at the bank account online since London.
Mostly out of fear of what is actually in there. We had a realtive idea of what should be in there. So, we held our breath, crossed our fingers and expected the worse. Turns out we had double what we thought! The joy that comes from that leads to dangerous ideas like.....maybe we should backpack for another week. But we decided against that.

After that wonderful surprise we headed to the train station. Armed with snacks and wine we headed on the train. Luckly the train was not very full, so we were able to sit in a seating cart till we were tired enough to sleep. We were all excited about Amsterdam. We were heading back to a place we had already been in Europe. A place we knew our way around. Our plan for amsterdam was to chill, blow the budget and relax. After Amsterdam was real life, jobs, apartments...so we had to live it up.

We got to Amsterdam pretty early in the morning. The train ride wasnt as bad as the first time. Thank the Lord for sleeping pills. After checking into our hostel, we walked around showing Rob the sights. Amsterdam is beautiful, especially now that the leaves have started falling.

We revisted Leinsplien Platz, the canals, the red light district and Dam square. It was so nice knowing excatly where we were going. For the next three days, we vacationed. We ate when and what we wanted, including a sushi train. That was fun! Ive never done that before.

We rented bikes and me and stef finally figured how to do the European bike. That when the other person sits on the back of the bike. It takes practice and balance...but we finally got it.

We drank wine, beer, baileys whatever we felt like. We spent quite a bit of time in the park. The park there is amazing. Even has a resturant in the middle. Alot of music as well.
Our last night we went on a pub crawl....just like we did the last time we were in Amsterdam.

It was an incredable end to our backpacking adventure. We were relaxed and ready for the next chapter of our lives. The only thing that keeps us going, is knowing that we are going to be living in Europe. Close to all these amazing places we have just been too. Close enough to visit again. We are incrediable blessed to have this experience, and we apperciate every moment we had backpacking.