November 1, 2011
Since we had to be out of our hostel at 11 am we had a few hours to spend in Madrid before our plane took off. We went to the bakery that the old man we meant the day before showed us and I got a chocolate napoleon and it might have been the best thing I’ve ever eaten in my entire life. We just sat in one of the plazas and people watched for a while- before going to the metro. I hate traveling with such a heavy and awkward bag. It made me so frazzled. Since we didn’t want to pay 40 euro to check a bag we both only brought a carry on. It sucked to carry around. Oh well. I honestly don’t even remember the plane ride. I pretty much sat on the plane and blacked out. At one point I woke up after I thought we had been flying for 45 minutes and we hadn’t even taken off yet. When we arrived at the Amsterdam airport we caught a cab to take us to hour hostel. Well, the cab got lost and took us to Harleem (a town on the outskirts of Amsterdam). The cab driver just kept saying ‘oh my god’ and ‘the crazy system. The system is crazy’ over and over again. It was about an hour and 50 euro cab ride when it was all said and done. This was obviously a fail so we decided to take a walk around Amsterdam after checking in since it was only 9 pm. Well, we got dinner at this pizza place and then continued walking. We got a little lost and ended up in the red light district. It was an experience. Thankfully we recognized the three story Chinese restaurant (not an exaggeration) that was one of the landmarks near our hostel and found our way home. At that point we figured we should just call it a night and start early the next day, which we did.
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