Back from the Motherland!

I made it back, safe and sound from Amsterdam...I had such a great time, and it went by so quickly!  We stayed so busy the entire weekend, but I'll try not to make this too long and boring :) 

My friend Amanda met us at the airport on Friday, which was a nice change since we usually travel on our own!  It was a bit of a hike to our hostel, but we had great weather all weekend, so it wasn't a big deal.  Our hostel was very nice, so we were happy. 

Our first activity of the night was a visit to the Anne Frank House.  This is the building that Anne and her family spent their months in hiding during WWII.  None of the other girls had been there, so it was fun to see that again and experience it with them.  It is a really powerful place, and I'd definitely recommend a visit (or two!).  

After a quick bite for supper, we went on a "Red Shirt" tour of the Red Light District.  It was a really fun and interesting way to learn the history of the area and how it has become what it is today. 

The next day, we walked through the flower markets (we felt like we were back at home during Tulip Time!) and then went to Madame Tusseau's Wax Museum.  The wax museum was really fun, and we now have pictures with so many "celebrities"!

We also went on a regular "Red Shirt" tour of Amsterdam that afternoon.  I highly recommend any of these tours if you are traveling around Europe...they are free and mainly geared toward students, but they do an amazing job of showing you the city and make it a really fun day.  

We filled up the rest of the afternoon with shopping, the Van Gogh Museum, and the Heineken Experience, all of which were a lot of fun.  

Our last full day in Holland, we took a train to Leiden to visit Amanda.  We saw her dorms, school, favorite bakery, the Saturday market, toured a windmill and other sights around the city.  was another beautiful day and we had a great time in Leiden.  

On the way home, we drove past beautiful fields of thousands of blooming tulips...how pretty!  We made it home in time to do our souvenier shopping, have a Coke in a cafe where Ocean's 12 was shot, and we caught a movie...in English!  That was a nice change from Spain :)

It was a great last day to our trip.  Sunday was basically an all day traveling day...not overly exciting, but a necessity.  We made it back to Granada a little before midnight.  This week has been jam packed with classes a projects already, but I'm skipping out a little early again this week to take one last trip...I'll be in ITALY for the weekend!  Should be an exciting weekend. 

Well...that's all for now...if you'd like to check out my pictures, please click HERE or HERE.  

Miss you all, and talk to you SOON!