Amsterdam

So we made it to Amsterdam after our 8.5 hr flight. The plane ride from Atlanta to Amsterdam wasnt too bad, I think it helped since it was an overnight flight. They had great movie choices, I watched It's Complicated and Leap Year. Both were cute movies that helped the time go by! Josh watched 2012 and part of Invictus. I got about 2.5-3hrs of sleep. Once we landed we made our way to customs (which was by far the easiest customs process I've ever been through.... not sure if thats a good or bad thing?!?) and then headed to the hotel. It was nice to be able to put our bags down and just lay down for a minute..... but pretty soon after resting we got ready to explore Amsterdam during our quick stay. We made it back to the terminal station, exchanged US dollars into Euro and bought train tickets to take us downtown. Then we quickly realized there were no longer signs written in English so we were on the train platforms trying to get on the right train. I am not fluent in Dutch or German nor do I know how to read the languages....but we managed! Oh, I forgot to mention that its quite chilly at times here and very windy.... and its summer here right now. VERY different from summers in Alabama. After making it to the Central Station downtown we decided to take a canal tour. It was an hour tour boat ride through the canals that took you to see some of the major sites in Amsterdam. Within the first hour of being downtown we met a guy from Colorado and another man on the canal tour with us from Atlanta, Ga..... Small world!! After the tour we walked around for a while and then grabbed some dinner at a restaurant called Pasta Bar. It was yummy, Josh had lasagna and I had pizza. Once we finished eating we decided to head back to our hotel..... the lack of sleep and time change has started to catch up with us. Now we are just taking it easy, maybe watch some soccer (The Netherlands team is playing today so its been very festive!) But mostly rest up for another long flight in the morning. Africa here we come!!!!