8/29/11

Monday morning I woke up bright and early, however, I was supposed to be up an hour earlier than when I woke up.  Roman and I had both set our alarms for the wrong times and luckily his was not as off as mine so when he woke me we still had plenty of time to get to the airport.

We did not even speed on the way there, had no problems going through security, and were at our gate ten minutes before boarding.  Luckily it worked out well.  We landed in Amsterdam around 8:30am and after some curly fries and a drink we hopped on the train to the central station.  There we got off and headed to our hotel to see what time check-in was.  We still had over three hours by the time we got there, so we left our luggage in the closet and started walking around the city.  We got our bearings, headed into some of the shops along the streets, and then went to a sports bar to have a drink.  We were able to watch some of a soccer game, even though neither of us knew who was playing, relax, and then headed back to the hotel just in time for check-in.

After getting our room key, we brought our bags upstairs and turned on the TV.  Almost everything was in English and I was so happy!  Roman was excited because he could tell how happy I was to be able to understand everything, but I was excited because he could understand a good amount of it as well.  He paid attention to which shows had the most clearly speaking actors in them, in case he wants to buy the DVDs to practice his English when I go back to America.  I fell asleep, but after a nap we both felt better anyway.

When we woke up, we were both hungry so we headed out again.  We found a little place that had the feel of the old west to it and stopped there.  After our stomachs were full, we went walking again and ran into a juggling unicycle performer.  We watched him for awhile and then went to another little bar.  I liked the music that the bartender played and was very comfortable inside because she seemed to really enjoy her job.

By the time we were finished there, it was time for bed.  We headed back to our hotel and I had to force myself to turn off the TV so that I could get some sleep.