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How could one study in Europe and not incorporate Amsterdam into part of their travels?! For a long time I had been looking forward to the easy canals, bicycling culture and endless partying (-: I met a friend of mine, Danielle from Brisbane, Australia when I arrived in the city. Although the weather was rainy much of time, it was still a great time just wandering around.

We stayed at a hostel near Vondel park, which is the largest city park in Amsterdam and near the “Museums Quarter” area- both quite pleasant. Of course we visited all the sites we could in the few days that we had, including the van Gogh museum (magnificent!), the Anne Frank Huis as well as the Red Light District (speaks for itself) and other main attractions the city had to offer. One rainy day we made an excursion to the nearby city of Harlaam. It was quaint smaller city best known for its shopping.

The bike culture is worth mentioning though. Never before have I seen a city soo saturated with bikes! I mean they are everywhere, it is by far the most common form of transportation. In fact, in many areas, the road was half for cars and half for bikes! Granted the narrow canal roads are not so keen for driving a car, it would only make sense to travel everywhere by bike (there are hardly any hills or inclines). I was just fascinated and blown away by these bikes!

Well, to conclude I would like to extend an apology for my blogging absence, life has been extremely busy lately, I have only been in Vienna for a few days the past few weeks due to excursions. Look to the next blog for me to describe my recent academic excursion to the lovely Austrian state of Styria (-:

Bye!