Saturday afternoon, after I skyped mom from the hostel lobby, I had the task of getting myself from the hostel in the museum quarter to the Contiki hotel near the airport. I used google maps to find the proper bus route. But alas, the journey was not that simple (a theme of this trip, it seems). After the realization that there were three bus/tram stops around my hostel with the same name and one missed bus later, I arrived at the proper bus stop near the hotel. ...

Friday night, after the long day of traveling, I was planning on calling it an early night in the hostel. As I was using the lounge's wifi, a group of young people asked me to play cards with them. So I played cards and had a couple drinks with two Austrians and a guy from Portugal. Later on in the night, I joined them for a night out in Amsterdam. We found a bar that serves 10 jäger shots for 10€, so we shared a round of those and spent the rest of the night...

I made it safely to Amaterdam, not without difficulties... But all in one piece (and well fed) My morning started bright and early at 6:15 and I had a leisurely start to my day (I packed and made all my lists the night before). Then I headed to the train station. I was fortunate enough that there was a sale when I bought my train tickets, so I was able to get 1st class tickets for cheaper than the second class seats. First class has big, deep, comfy seats and lot...