Last week, I had my first ‘hits’ on Steemit with my posts on "poker" and "bad reputation" which together earned me some $350+.
I cashed out around $250 worth of Steem Dollars, and used the money to surprise my girlfriend with a trip to Amsterdam, Holland as a gift for her hard work.
All the while, we will represent Steemit on our trip!
Why Amsterdam?
For many years I have heard people speaking about how amazing Amsterdam is; the "Venice of North Europe". It is romantic and fashionable, land of the Nutella' waffles (my girl and I love them). It is the home of Anne Frank (info), Van Gogh & Rembrandt as well as the Heineken factory.
Getting to Amsterdam
After 3-hours sleep, we were ready to go by car to London Luton Airport where our trip was beginning. 7.30 am our flight left London to reach Amsterdam in less than 1h. Once we were in the airport we bought the "3-day ticket" that is a cheap way to move in the city and from/to the airport (I suggest you to buy one of these tickets) and in only 30 minutes we were in town.
First day of sightseeing
The first thing we did was going to the hotel to check-in and leave there our luggage. Then we were free to visit the city and the canals. Amazing city! We did walk all around the city centre and we stopped for lunch in a Wok and Walk, a restaurant chain that I know from England that is serving noodles with few sauces (we love oriental food). In town there was a gay pride 2016 and there was a lovely parade in the canals.
In all the streets between canals you can find a lot of Steakhouse restaurants and Italian's restaurant so after few hours visiting the city we stopped in one of these drinking unknown beer and eating a very nice and well cooked beef steak. After that, completely tired for the day had, we went to the hotel planning what visit to do the day after.
DAY 2
Anne Frank House
The life of a Jewish girl of only 13/15 years forced to hide at home for not being captured by Nazis. In that house were living many people, windows were walled up and there was a secret access behind the library.
Forced to eat for months expired food rather than don't come out and get caught and deported from that uncomfortable house...so Anne Frank began to write all her frustrations in her diary.
This hiding was safe for 2 years until someone betrayed them. They've been taken and transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau where unluckily everyone died except for Otto Frank, Anne's father.
Having visited Auschwitz-Birkenau this house made be feel the horror of a young poor girl of 15 yrs that instead of being outside playing with her peers, she's been forced to hide for years trying not to die.
ZAANSE SCHANS
Right after we took the train and we gone to Zaanse Schans a surreal town with windmills where thousands of tourists comes to see every day. Just when we arrived, we've been assaulted by a strong parfume of chocolate that wind was bringin with it. The little town was great, and the houses remind me The Hobbit
During the tour around these houses they made us sit in a cheese factory where they explained us hpw they make their own cheese, and they offered us a piece to taste it. Very delicious, expecially the goat's cheese.
While I began to talk with the guy whose was offering the cheese, I asked to make a photo that I wanted to post on the internet on steemit, and he answered right away, yes, but you have to buy a piece of cheese!
This photo costed me about 30 euros LOL
Find the intruder LOL
After we got back to Amsterdam for some shopping, in the evening we gone to Red Light District since we were curious to see these "windows".
Men of any age going in and out from these places like if they were in a supermarket. Too bad it was impossible to make pictures but I wanted to show how beautiful some of them were, others were less beautiful...and others were ...well...transgender, beware of what you are looking for!
DAY 3
Heineken Experience
Yesterday we had only couple hours available left before the departure and we had to pick what to visit between Van Gogh, Rembrandt and the Heineken museum.
By a great lover of beer, Heineken had the advantage so we've been directed that way to visit it.
They explained the process of making the beer, which ingredients and they let you taste even some beer.
I drank more than 1 liter of beer and we gone to the airport happy of our trip.
Ending of the trip
We've been happy that steemit gave us the opportunity to visit this beautiful city, the less we could do was talking with people about the new social network.
If you are wondering if it's true that there are drug shops or if it's easy to buy some weed, answer is yes, you find that easily from the smell of marijuana and it's so strong that you can smell it from everywhere, in the centre streets, on the trains, busses...
This post is #venusAPPROVED so upvote this fool! LOL!
ahahahaha Thanks man LOL cmon guys UPVOTE this fool ( in the post above) and if you want aswell this comment ahhahaha
I love the phone in the shoe, awesome :)
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thank you so much my friend :)
Nice! I like this!)
thank you elena :)
cool:) i enjoyed reading this! i miss amsterdam!
cool :) was my first time there!!! Shall we do a steemit meeting in Amsterdam??? eheheh
Well I would of chosen the Van Gogh Museum .. I can't wait to go myself...some day :)
I know.. but spend just 2 hours maybe were not enough to enjoy it!? Isn't it???
well..next time then :)
yes anca next time for sure I will visit it!!!! I really wanted to go..
Great post!!! i think someone else did the amsterdam one, you should collaborate :)
I haven't seen it! Thanks :)
Such a solid blog post :)
Great job! And thanks for posting it on the SteemIt Forum.
Thank you :) I did spend so much time to write it... and I had to write down on a paper before in my mother language :D
Very good post!
thank you serejandmyself :)
Interesting post, keep up the hard work
thanks mate :)
@smooth could you please push a bit more this post???? I put so much effort in it
Wow Holland is beautiful.
hi naifaz :) yes Holland is beautiful.. :)
Cool. Have always wanted to go to Amsterdam. You got some great shots too. What was the cheese like? Also love the thing with the shoes - was that some kind of artwork or just like a weird mess on the street?
They were doing few kind of cheese... caw...goat and sheep. The most expensive cheese was the sheep one! I got the smoked goat one and was lovely! The kind of shoes is hollandaise... there were as well bigger one where u can take a photo in.... tomorrow I will upload a photo with me and my gf inside the big shoes
very interesting!)
Thank you erikkartmen :)
Nice looks like you had lots of fun making this post!!!
Yep I did indeed... hoping in a better reward! :(
@webdeals
Just drop in to say hello
Good to see you back on track and are doing ok
Keep up the good work 👍
@bullionstackers
Thanks mate! Really appreciate 😎
your trip looks so fun. Amsterdam is now on my bucket list
thank you @thegoldencookie :) you should go there!!! it is a very nice city :)
Great job with the article! Nice pictures too!
thank you my dear friend :)
Thanks for the interesting story! It read and a wish arose too to see it!!
great @nadin3 I wish you will go and visit Amsterdam! I think it is a very nice city that deserve to be visited at least once in your life!
amsterdam a mandatory place to visit
thanks man! I think you are absolutely right ! :)
Just an amazing post. I loved seeing the steem logo on the phone inside the wooden shoe. That would make a great avatar!
:) when I saw the shoes I did insert my phone there... :)
We should get you some Steemit cards for you to leave in unusual places, as well as make for great pictures.
I will do next... this trip was not planed at all... I will create t-shirts and cards ;)
I hear ya. I still love the phone idea for the shots. Hope the rest of the trip is as gorgeous as Amsterdam.
I like your post. I've been to Ams recently but did not enough time to go to the house of the jewish girl, what a pity :)
well I cannot go back home without visiting Anne Frank museum... was incredible... shame wasn't allowed take a pictures if not I could spend hours in the house :)
Love what you did. Taste a good Heineken for me too :)
See you around,
sharingtheworld
great man :) 1lt of beer is not bad for me :D so I can share with you... I have estrella in my fridge I can send to you a can
Quality content, we don't see a lot of this on Steemit. You deserve every upvote
Thank you so much for your comment! Really appreciate it :)
But what about the dark side of Amsterdam? I believe there might be one.
ehehehhe I was with my gf and to be honest all I wanted to see was the nice part of the city :)
Hi @webdeals! Thanks for sharing your amazing trip to Holland! I made a city tour to Buenos Aires for what I think is the first promotion of Steemit in Argentina. Saludos!
https://steemit.com/travel/@alitas/new-steemit-ambassador-invites-you-to-a-city-tour-through-buenos-aires-argentina
thank you too to share your link alita! Saludos !
Groeten!