Hello again!
Continuing on our journey, day two in Bruges we decided to rent bikes and go to the windmills. There was a nearby village called Damme, a little over 4 miles away that we decided would be an easy bike ride and not too far for Emily. From Bruges, a lot of people bike to The Netherlands border which is about 10 miles away, we had hoped to do that but it wasn't in the cards for us that day. We loaded up on carbs, in the form of waffles and crepes, and went to find bikes. It was surprisingly difficult to find bikes with a child seat for Em but once we did we were on our way!
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| Emily loved the crepes! |
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| Delicious Belgium waffles for breakfast! |
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| Poor Emily fell asleep on the ride and slept like this. |
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| So beautiful! |
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| Out of the city, we saw lots of animals including cows, lambs and horses! |
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| Family Selfie |
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| Nick riding up to the windmill. |
We left Bruges to spend two days in Amsterdam. It was about a 3 hour drive and then we had to navigate driving in a very bike friendly city, which meant not very car friendly! We found our apartment, unloaded our luggage, which is exponentially more when traveling with a toddler, and promptly parked our car outside of the main city area. Some towns and cities are very child friendly and some are less so, and I felt that Amsterdam was more of the latter. Also, because our trip was so last minute we were unable to book tickets to the museums ahead of time, which is a must! The Anne Frank house is located in Amsterdam but tickets are booked out nearly a month and there is also a fantastic Van Gogh museum that is necessary to buy tickets online, or stand in a line 3 city blocks long to enter, which would be impossible with Em. We rented bikes in Amsterdam as well, mostly to get around town. The bike riding in Amsterdam was quite different than that in Bruges because we were dealing with loads of other people and riding with cars and trams, beware of the trams tracks in the road!
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| The Dutch language was a challenge and I ended up with non-alcoholic |
| beer and buttermilk. Oops! |
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| Walking our bikes through the flower markets because it was far too crowded to ride. |
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| Every type of tulip you could imagine! |
The second day we took the bikes to a very large park and rode around there. It was a great park that felt very removed from the hustle and bustle of the city!
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| Emily made a friend! |
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| Tulips in the park |
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| Amazing! |
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| The famous I AMSTERDAM sign |
Although my review of Amsterdam sounds a bit negative, I am so glad we went and we had the best dinner of the entire trip in Amsterdam at a restaurant called Moeders....amazing authentic home-cooking style Dutch food! Yum! Next up, Brussels and Bourges, France
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