Arriving in Amsterdam, I was amazed at the number of huge wind turbines. There was a large group of turbines just off shore, and lining the coast, as we were flying in.
Jet lag wasn't too bad, although I didn't sleep very much on the flight. After arriving at my friend Caroline's place, I spent the afternoon walking around the area near her apt.
In the evening, we went up to Central Amsterdam. The canals are cool, and there are a lot of cool old churches. We saw the red light district, and smelled a LOT of pot coming from all of the 'coffee shops' (I didn't expect there to be that many of them. We also saw Amsterdam's flower market.
The apartments/houses in Amsterdam are packed really tightly together. They're all 3 stories high with very steep staircases (the staircase at Caroline's place is treacherous). Caroline pointed out hooks on the top of all the houses, that are used to hoist things like couches & dishwashers up from the outside as people are moving in. Coincidentally, we watched some people lift a couch to the 3rd floor as we were out walking that evening.
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