"''love dem bitchz"

My hiatus in updating lately is because I've been in the Netherlands for the past six days!

I came to the conclusion that if I had had time to post on my blog whilst in Amsterdam, then clearly I wasn't doing something right.

Now I will try to keep this post as PG13 as possible but quite frankly, Amsterdam was hectic. That is the only way I can describe it because after all, what happens in Amsterdam, stays in Amsterdam.

Use a magnify glass and you can see me on top of the A

We had a ten hour bus ride from London to Amsterdam (which I only learnt about two weeks ago is a city not a country) and of course, Red Mel and I had to run to catch it because it is impossible for us to arrive anywhere on time.
The shitty bus drove through France and Belgium, which excited us a great deal because it meant we had been to five countries in the past two days. Unfortunately I was sleeping most of the time and the only thing I can say I saw was French and Belgium(ish?) sheep.

our street art room

some of the photography lining the hallway

Arriving in Amsterdam, we checked into our hostel and it was the freaking, legit coolest place I have ever stayed at. It had its own bar and night club and was situated right in the Red Light District, so it was close to eveeerrryything.
All the rooms were designed by a different local artist, so the entire hostel had really interesting and unique artwork everywhere.













Straight away, I saw how easy it was for people to fall in love with Amsterdam. Not only is it such a  beautiful city with the old buildings and canals winding through the streets- it's the way of life that is so carefree and relaxed that really caught my attention. From the masses of  people riding on bikes to the locals who stroll with their children through the Red Light District for some afternoon sun. The open attitude towards everything from sexual orientation to sex with prositutes was amazing because it definitely added to the city's atmosphere that everyone is entitled to make their own decisions and enjoy the diverse and creative culture.

our view during lunch along the canal

Red Light District

Royal Palace of Amsterdam

Being a mass tourist

There's so many touristy things to see and do in Amsterdam such as ride the bikes along the canals, visit Anne Frank's house, the Van Gogh museum, the incredible night life- yet my favourite thing for sure was meeting so many different people from around the world and everyone just sort of instantly clicks.










I can't really describe what else I did in Amsterdam because I don't want to give my mother a heart attack. I literally had such a fantastic week there, seeing and experiencing so many new things. Add to this the fact that my two main passions (food and shopping) where to die for there, you can pretty much understand why I didn't want to leave.

adding to the collection

I can say that in the spirit of Amsterdam my room mate and I got matching "Roomies 4 Lyf" tramp stamps.


haha kidding, but we did get tattoos to commemorate the wonderful time we had. I really do think going to Amsterdam is a once in a life time experience and everyone needs to do it as almost a 'rite of passage' when they are young-
I absolutely loved it.