The Arrival
The Imber’s are here! The Imber’s are here!
Hana and Kevin arrived on Friday and I am so excited to spend the next two weeks and our final leg of the trip with them! The four of us are no strangers to traveling together as we have made various trips and spent many a weekend away together. Our first big trip was to Mexico where we tested the waters of our friendship and found we got along quite well, at least when unlimited food and alcohol was involved. A year or so later we ramped up the stress level and spent a week at Disney World together, and we figure if a friendship can survive that it can survive just about anything! And we did more than just survive, to this day it’s one of our favorite vacations we’ve taken.
So needless to say we have very much been looking forward to this phase of the trip. First up was more Amsterdam as we showed them around the city we have grown quite fond of. We did a city walking tour on day one while Tommy worked and then rented bicycles for the weekend and took off towards the countryside and coast.
On our way we passed through cute farmland and the adorable town of Haarlem, which NYC’s neighborhood is named after as it started as a Dutch community, and eventually made it all the way to the North Sea. All in all we biked about 20 miles into the wind the whole way so by the end we felt we deserved a celebratory drink. We did however opt for taking the train back, this is supposed to be vacation after all.
Keeping tradition alive we celebrated Kevin’s birthday at a restaurant of the girls choosing. This year we ended up on a canal dinner cruise. We had a lovely evening complete with a few bizarre courses but some really delicious food, wine, and great conversation.
Yes, we all ate a grasshopper. The dinner really was a perfect way to end our time in The Netherlands. Tomorrow we visit the Anne Frank House and then head to Denmark. Until next time Amsterdam! You’ve been great.
