Intro to my adventures in Amsterdam
Hallo! (hello in dutch haha)
So here is my first video of the process of traveling from my home to Amsterdam. My sisters and I left for a long car ride to Chicago around 10:30am on Monday, October 16th and my flight was at 5:40pm so we arrived in the city early enough to get lunch together as my final meal until I arrived overseas. I finally landed in Amsterdam around 11am Tuesday, October 17th. I got enough sleep on the plane to last me til about 8pm when I called it quits and went to bed haha!
I won’t lie, I did call my mom crying when I was waiting for my luggage because everyone told me “Don’t worry, everything is written in English and everyone you talk to will know english” and that was only true to an extent. My first priority was to get a new SIM card for my phone so I could use it overseas without paying a ton with Verizon’s international plan. Yes everyone I asked for help from was very kind and understood me but I didn’t exactly understand them. So it was scary as first. Especially when I tried to look up stuff on the internet and everything was in dutch! I can’t google translate the whole webpage. So I freaked out a bit, but once I got my phone working correctly I calmed down and made my way to my airbnb which was an adventure in itself!
First off, most Americans travel by car or bus. Here I was told to take the train to Slooterdijk Station (couldn’t pronounce when trying to buy ticket so that was embarrassing) then from there get on the tram to Admiral De Ruyterweg (even worse as pronouncing) and there is the street of the place I am staying. When I got off I was standing in the bike lane and almost got ran over then just started walking with all my luggage hoping I was heading the right way. Good news, I was. And I found the place within a couple minutes.
Then I showered and explored with my camera in hand around the streets near where I was staying and found a place to eat. After I had a full belly I knew it was time to go to bed. Today I am well rested and ready to see much more!
Hope you all enjoy this video! Thanks for the support!