Amsterdam

Turns out it's really difficult to stick to a blogging cadence when you're travelling. My partner and I are actually in Paris right now, but we spent the last week with friends in Amsterdam!

We spent the week in a BnB in Heiloo - an actual BnB. The hosts also lived in the house still, but the floorplan had been changed so we had a private kitchen/bathroom/bedrooms. They cooked us some yummy treats during our week there, and they were very friendly!

The day we landed we met with everyone at Amsterdam Central - I got barely any sleep on the flight (RIP), but when we met with our friends they tried to keep us busy around the city. We got coffee and bagels, and just wandered around - it was very pretty, but we definetly started to crash early. It was about an hour from central to Heiloo, both my partner and I spilt off to go straight to the BnB while everyone else went to go get groceries for dinner & breakfast. Two of our friends ended up cooking bolognaise for all eight of us, and it was really yummy. But we crashed soon after...

The rest of the days there were all very low-key. Nice coffee at Dak Showroom, Stedelijk Museum, Wandering in Utrecht - lots of wandering, Meeting with old friends at The Hague, it was all very chill. Nothing crazy, nothing super touristy, just spending time with friends. It's honestly been the best holiday I've had so far.

Heiloo was absolutely beautiful, the whole country was. Amsterdam definitely felt super touristy, but it was easy enough to escape. We 100% want to go back, and ideally meet with everyone again.

I'm planning to do one more blog post with a short update on our time in Paris and London - followed by a bigger post with all the photos I took and some more details!