Blog 3:
On the Final Free Day I had, the group went to Amsterdam and we did a-lot of fun things. First it was pretty early so of course everyone was tired and drained. The train ride there was pretty fast but the scenery wasn’t so pleasant or what you see on pictures. Usually you see the beautiful canals and the water but when we got out it looked like every ole town we had passed by on the train. After exiting the train station though we started seeing more of the scenery. We had to walk across the bridge and we seen canal and we had seen the nice boats that we would be on as well for our boat cruise. Of course we had to stop and get coffee first and use the bathroom because we were all tired and extremely sleepy. We went to this nice one right by the canal and I got an ice caramel latte, and it was one of the best things I had ever had. It was so sweet and so delicious! After that we finally went on our wine and cheese cruise. Getting on the boat scared me heavily because I had never gotten on a boat before. While on the cruise we tried cheese from what I assumed to be from the netherlands but it taste just like colby jack and white cheddar cheese to me. And I had two glasses of rose and it tasted so good and gretchen was discussing how the tilted houses looked straight and I was thinking she had to much to drink. After we finished fhe wine and cheese cruise the group branched off. Some went ro rhe van gough museum while the rest of us went to the park to eat our packed lunches but realized there defition of parks are different from our definition of parks . But then once we got to one it started downpouring on us and it didn’t help I had to pee because then it made me have to pee more. After we had gotten to a bathroom we decided to go see the red light museum. I found this very interesting just seeing and hearing people’s stories of what they have gone through and how they make being a prostitution a living, and I also appreciated how amsterdam allows them to be open and welcoming about there choice of living. I also was intrigued by some of the confessions people had! It was very emotional and very interesting! We also went to a couple of vintage shops as well as a duck store which had a variety of ducks for 13 euros though. After this we went to get something to eat around this soup place which i thought was so good, even though I had fish and chips. Finally we went to the performance which was my favorite part of the night. Starting off watching the beginning and just walking in the girls looking like boxers. i was excited and they had ballet shoes on and I thought it was so cool. From there when they started two mice came out and scared me and i feel like their purpose was comedic relief. The kind of gave me looney tunes vibes which I love so much it’s so hilarious and funny. Then when the girls started dancing/boxing it was so nice, they mirrored each other’s movements in a sense and they were so nice with their dance you could tell they were confident with each other. The next thing i thought was really good was when the mice finally revealed themselves and started showing us there rendition of boxing ! It started getting a little concerning when they started stripping off their clothes after each round but they redeems themselves at the Half time/ Pause of the show. They provided us with a nice little entertaining commercial but then they kissed and it really threw me iff but everyone truly enjoyed it. From there it was a battle of the sexes when im assuming the winner of the womens round and winner if the mens round went against each other. I will say I wasn’t the biggest fan of the man hitting the women but I had to remember it was just a performance and not real life. After the performance ended we went back home but I truly enjoyed being in amsterdam it was an experience i will never forget!














