Amsterdam was fantastic! It is not all drugs and other bad things... :) It is a very beautiful city that is built around canals like Venice. We got in and immediately took a canal tour (As we walked up there was a man walking toward the boat. John said "Are you going to fire her up?" The man looked very panicked and asked "There's a FIRE on the boat?!?" This is a fine example of being aware that people might not understand you in a foreign country.)

The canal tour was wonderful. All of the houses are truly amazing and so many houseboats!! I can't imagine living in one of them but after seeing the inside of some of the canal houses, they might be about the same size inside!

The next day we went to the Van Gogh museum and then the guys decided they wanted to do another can tour. I went off on my own and wandered around until I got to the Anne Frank house. That was very cool to go through as you even get to walk through the bookcase and into the rooms where they hid. They still have some of the pictures on the wall that Anne had pasted up there of movie stars and such. I wandered so more and came across a house that had a catholic church up in the attic. The catholic church was banned at some point so someone hid one in the attic. It was very elaborate and amazing to imagine how they must have built it.

When I met up with the guys again, I was glad to know that I hadn't gone with them. The cruise ended up being exactly the same except it went backwards to the one we did. After dinner, I went to the room early adn they went out. Again I made the right decision (well for me at least) as they got in around 2:30 am and we had to wake up at 7 to catch our flight home!!!!

Once we got back, we went right back out again into London. I took them to "The Church" which is that Aussie club that I had gone to years ago with my Aussie friends. It is open on Sundays from 12-4 in the afternoon and we had a great time! We then did some nighttime sightseeing of London as Brent had never been here before.

All in all another great weekend, but the best part was when Jamie called to say he booked a trip out to see me! He is coming on Valentines day and then leaving on Monday. It will be short but so wonderful to see him!!!!