Amsterdam!

As I arrived to Amsterdam, I seemed to learn about it. No matter what I did I always heard people talking about how Amsterdam is their capital and the largest city in the Netherlands. It got its name from where it was located. Dam is the river and Amstel is where the Dam Square is today. They got big by trading. No matter what it is Amsterdam is a place to just let go and have fun with yourself. Being a care free spirt. I am going to go an visit the city today so that I can find out what I should do tonight for fun. I will most likely venture out of the city tomorrow so I can see other beautiful sights in the Netherlands.

As I was venturing the city, I saw a place that i would love to eat at. It was right on the port of Amsterdam. It is a very large building. It is called Sticking Nemo Horeca. The building looks like half of a ship and it has amazing food. The word nemo means nothing. Which puts people between reality and fantasty, or what they were trying to make it seem like. I have a few picture of this, it is quite interesting. As I walked around the city for a while, I started to get tired. I noticed that mostly everyone was riding bikes. I knew that I would most likely be able to rent one. You wouldn't believe how much easier it is to get around Amsterdam on a bike than walking around. I have plenty of pictures.

The buildings here were amazing, I didn't know that such weird buildings could be so beautiful. It seems like the less space the houses or buildings take up, the better. I saw that the buildings were tall and not very wide. They were right next to each other with no space at all. I have also had a lot of fun just shopping around at stores that are close by. I was kind of surprised about all the graffiti everywhere. It was something that made the city a little different.

I never came up with what I wanted to do for the night, but walking the city and looking around is a lot of fun its self. If I find somewhere to eat or get a drink, I will most likely go and eat there just so I can get a break from traveling the city. I loved Amsterdam, the people were not mean at all. Hmm I wonder why! People were actually curtious. I don't want to leave Amsterdam. But I want to see what else the Netherlands has to offer me. Good Day!!

As I woke up, I realized that The Netherlands have a lot of castles, the hard part was picking one close the Amsterdam and one that I really wanted to see. I saw in a travelers guide a lot near here and one caught my eye. Egmond Castle, maybe because it is so massive. Only part of the "rentmeester" tower is still standing. It was built in 1203 and it was a circular castle with the diameter of 27 meters. A new castle was being added to it in 1285 and its shape was rectangular. This castle was destroyed in 1321. A harbor and a moat was then built to protect the new castle. It eventually got burned down and was again re built. Then the castle was excavated in 1930. This castle went threw a lot. I have pictures of its remaining parts!

I am going to be leaving the Netherlands for something more tropical. I don't know what yet, but I will keep you posted. Here are some facts on the Netherlands!

Local name: Nederland
Capital: Amsterdam
Government: Constitutional Monarchy
Nationality: Dutch
Population: 16,400,089
Languages: Dutch, Frisian
Religions: Christianity (Catholic, Protestant), Islam