We will figure it out...

Us at the Anne Frank Muesum

Us with our new Canadian Friends!! Travelled to Amsterdam with these girls and meeting up again in Munich!

So writing the blog and finding time to do it is getting harder....especially trying to remeber everything so here it goes! Our first night in amsterdam we just kinda walked around and saw the sights. The canal system there is amazing. It runs all through the city. People mostly bike or boat to work. While we have found the dutch to be really friendly and accomadating....watch out when they are on a bike!! They will run you over!! And they are everywhere!! The next day we booked our tickets to Vienna and Munich. We didnt need a resorvation for Vienna which was nice  but we got one for munich cause we assumed there would be alot of people taking the train for Oktoberfest. There was a huge line up when we got there and so we had to take number. Stef was pretty tired so she closed her eyes for a nap. Out of nowhere this huge women comes up with a gun and handcuffs on her belt (police officer) and goes to stef and yells at her GOOD MORNING! Stef jumps up and is like what!? The lady said you cant sleep here, you want to sleep go somewhere else. And then she was gone. It was pretty funny...im just glad she didnt get arrested. That night we went out on a pub crawl that we heard about the night before. Awesome way to meet people!! All tourist, all like to dance, all friendly. The clubs were awesome with huge dance floors and awesome music. The next day we went and checked out Dam Square and the Royal Palace and the REd light District and the Anne Frank Muesum. The musem was so enlightening. Seeing the place, up these steep stairs, the small rooms, the decorations on the wall...it was incredible there was eight people leaving here for 2 years. However, it was very somber. The horrible things that happened are hard to digest. After we went to the square and such. There was music and people everywhere. They have signs everywhere warning about pickpocketers so we were very careful with our stuff. Its hard to get around amsterdam....finding the red light district was tough. But then BOOM there it is....just by the canal, red lights everywhere, window after window of hookers trying to spin tricks. Christie wanted a picture of the windows with the girls...so we go to take a picture from across the canal. Then the girls closed the curtains and clearly didnt want it. On the walking tour the next day the tour guide told us not to take pictures...shes seen the hookers run down the street and smash your camara, they even throw a bottle of piss at people. Needless to say, we looked at each other and thanked god they didnt chase us down. It really was a place where you feel totally out of your element to say the least. The next day we did the walking tour again which is always so much fun. The guides are so funny and tell the most amazing stories and facts. Amsterdam is incrediable rich in history...very famous for trade. As a people they are VERY torelrant of others. Nothing seems to bother them. Apparently it comes from the start of amsterdam when everyone had to work together to consitently fight off flooding. Most of amsterdam is below sea level. The building are cool tooo, because they are so long and narrow and built on swamp...all the buildings are leaning forward or sideways. It almost looks like it will fall over. As well, they are big on making money. There is a Church in the sex district and they actually purposly built the sex district around the church. Back in the day, alot of sailors cam ethrough amsterdam for trade. Once of the boat after a long year at sea they went to the hookers. Of course they were catholic so after they would go, confess their sins, then pay to have them gone. It was convient because it was all in the same area. The chruch started as a one room shed now its a huge brick catherdral. I guess the church There is also a square with one of the original gates from medival times when amsterdam had a wall built around it. It was also a place in the 17th century where you could pay to see a live autopsy. Interesting! That night we hung out with Sandra and Tevis.The canadian girls we met in Brussels. We went to a jazz club and listened to some live music. Trumpet, bass, drums, sax, and piano. It was the best jazz i had ever heard!Everyone was dancing and getting into the music in this tiny hole inthe wall. It was a great night! The next day we had to take an early train for 8 hours toVienna. Half way through we had to transfer in Frankfurt. Well our train was delayed and we asked how we would catch the transfer. The guy told us to get off at this stop but when we got there they said the train had been cancelled. Then we talked to like four other people and they told us to go to the next stop and catch the train. Thats what we did...but when we got to the next stop we didnt know where to find this train. Likely we figured it out and barely got on the train before they left. Thats where our motto for this trip is coming from....we will figure it out. We made it to Vienna, we made it to our hostel. This is BY far the best hostel ever. SO clean, big lounge, bar, cheap drinks and food, private shower and a nice big room. I love it and for only 22 euros a night. Last night we went to the hostel pub and met some kiwis (people from New Zealand) then we to a Jazz club....which was amazing! The clubs in europe have such great atmosphere and are all so different then the next. Then we went home got some Turkish food....a bread with melted spinach and cheese in it. AMAZING!! Today we are trying to figure out our lives....we are out of money on those credit cards, and the pin number still hasnt come. So we have funds...just no way to access them. And trying to talk to HSBC is like pulling teeth. O well.... We will figure it out.