Amsterdam...

We arrived in Amsterdam and wandered around for a very little amount of time for us in search of the bus station. (only say, 10 minutes, instead of the normal 30 minute wandering) (I blame Laura). I'm going to start off by saying, that Laura and I LOVE the Dutch. All of the bus drivers were SO nice and friendly, as were the other random ones we interacted with. We got to our campground, fingers crossed that they hadn't cancelled our reservation (we arrived a day late, you remember). They had. They looked all around for it, and eventually found it in a no show pile. They told us we should have called, and we looked sad and pitiful, saying there was ABSOLUTELY no internet. They told us we were lucky, and it wasn't too busy and we could have a spot. We thanked them, and showed our appreciation by buying some spaghetti and sauce (and ice cream...yum) and guess what. THEY HAD PEANUT BUTTER. We have been missing peanut butter SO MUCH. We had some jam, but no bread..but that doesn't matter. ITS PEANUT BUTTER. We made ourselves some dinner, and ventured off into the beautiful country around us, full of lake and water (which themselves are full of algae). It was beautiful, and honestly reminded us a lot of home.

The next day we planned to get up bright and early and bus into Amsterdam, take a free 11 oclock tour (same company as London and Edinburgh) then wander the town all day. That didn't really work out. We slept in, which is always fun. We were lazy and lounging and could barely of made the 1 oclock tour, and only if we rushed. So we decided instead of risking missing it (we'd be in the city, with no map, with no idea where anything is, and not enough space for stamps for the bus to come back the next day and actually see the tour) SO we enjoyed the countryside some more. Poor us! The weather wasn't as nice (did I mention it was realllly hot the first day?), but we sat on a bench, put our jackets on our laps as blankets and were quite comfy. We ate peanut butter and jam. YUM, again. Not too much to say about that day! Hey, that rhymed!

The next day we actually woke up in time to get to town for the....1 oclock tour. But at least we made it to it and weren't late! We enjoyed it, we saw about the houses, we saw Anne Frank's house, learned about all the history of the city and its interesting laws. It was really interesting.

As those of you who've already read this now, Laura and I had a fight and she left me. But we were able to find each other, and she will NOT do that again.

After the ferry we went to a bookstore, and like us, even after that MAJOR fight, we started laughing and and were fine..like, in 5 minutes. I think it may have been that I was buying a book!!! And Laura was buying a Journal, something we've wanted to do in a LONG time. I haven't read a book since the Lakes District! ACKKKK! I bought the Diary of Anne Frank, which was a beautifully interesting read (yes, its me, I finished it within 24hrs).

We went back to the camping site, ate, the usual. That was our stay in Amsterdam. Because the train station incident turned out ok, and we stopped fighting, it wasn't bad, don't get us wrong. We move on, and its a near...soon to be, funnyish story of the past. And we loved Amsterdam, so it did not ruin that either.

We made it successfully to Rostock the next day. (There was a 2 hr line for service, but luckily because we had the Eurail and didn't need to buy tickets, we were able to get direct help so we knew what trains to take). We arrived in Rostock at nine thirty pm, worried that our hostel was closed. We just do not have good luck. We also did not know where our hostel WAS. We asked the information lady at the train station, but kind of got lost. So we asked a nice couple with a young son as they were getting out of their car, but they weren't really sure. So we continued to walk on, and asked a nice old man who was just learning English, and told us to follow him. We did, and he showed us right to the door of the hostel! We were SOOO grateful! We went up, and luckily, there was still someone working there for the hostel, even though it technically was past check in by a half hour by then (ten thirty). He let us check in, in cash sadly, but we got our room and slept beautifully.

Today is the next day, Friday, and we walked on a boardwalk on the water, and came here and used internet, I think thats been our whole day! But even though its taking us hours here, its worth it because we haven't been online in a week! Tomorrow we plan to take a ferry/tram to the ocean, wheres there are beaches, and if its sunny maybe we'll dip our feet in a little!

Well thats all for now, we have to figure out how to get to our next destination, and we have to book hostel after hostel after hostel! Yay.

So until next time,
Amy and Laura