So about my travels to Brussels and Amsterdam.  I think I'll switch up the format this time.

Brussels

Very nice city.  You can basically walk down one part of down and see something cool, walk over there, see something else, etc.  There was a part of the city that reminded me of the Latin Quarter.  Tons of restaurants, shops, very very tourist-y.  Saw the "peeing boy" statue which was pretty cool.  Apparently people make costumes for the little guy every so often.  We only stayed there for a night, but it was worth it.  Our four star hotel (which we got for 60 bucks booya) room was NICE.  Hahaha, overall, I'd go back to Brussels just to relax.

Amsterdam

So we arrive in Amsterdam on Saturday night.  Sergio met us at the station and we went to the hotel.  Everyone there pretty much spoke English.  They had these cool tram things that went around the entire city, so we used those instead of the metro.  I'm still not sure if we had to pay to use it, because everyone would usually just go through the doors just like the metro.  On Sunday we just rented bikes and biked around the city.  Bike lanes are EVERYWHERE.  It's pretty cool, but sort of scary because I was all paranoid of being hit by a car or another biker or something.  Plus, my bike had the stupid reverse brake system instead of the handbrake.  Ate at this nice pancake place, then watched "The Day After Tomorrow".  The movie was okay, if not a little cheesy in some places (the wolves?  ahhaa).  Went to the Van Gogh museum on Monday before heading back to the train station to head home.

So, what am I forgetting..... Ah yes.

The "coffeeshops" were everywhere.  Basically, they call it a coffeeshop but it's basically a weed shop where you can smoke and buy.  I could go into why I don't really like it, but that'll be reserved for my the other xanga.  No deep stuff here;)  Red Light District can be described in one word.  Crazy.  You just walk down these two streets and the few allies attached to them.  It's just how it's described.  Women line the buildings up and down behind glass doors that have a big red light.  Curtain closed = in business, curtain open = open for business.  Porn shops, Sex shows, etc etc.  It was like a huge overload of the senses.  Really tests you, and I'm not gonna lie and say I succeeded.  But again, I'll save the deep stuff for some other time.

Overall, the trip was more relaxing than anything.  Since Amsterdam and Brussels didn't have any "must see" places we weren't just spending the whole day walking around like in Paris.