Amsterdam and the Holland Countryside!

On Monday we took the train to Amsterdam and spent the morning on a canal ride though the city!

Then we walked around, and had lunch at a cafe that overlooked one of the canals.

After lunch we went to a museum and saw paintings from Van Gogh and Rembrandt! 

We had a relaxing snack in the park before heading to the Redlight District, which surprisingly wasn't as awful as we'd heard, thankfully we were there too early for the real thing.

 After a long day in the city we took the train back to Yael's house and had a relaxing evening

On Tuesday, we went on a drive with Yael's father who showed us the Holland countryside, complete with a tour of the old windmills 

When we got back we rode our bikes to the lake and had a very nice dinner on the dunes next to the lake. However, we only had two bikes so Kiana and I took turns sitting on the back of Yael's bike, which is apparently a very Dutch thing to do :)

This morning we went back to Amsterdam and visited the Anne Frank house, where she and her family hid during the Holocaust

After the museum we had lunch at a very good cafe, and did some shopping. 

Finally, we climbed to the viewpoint of the tallest church tower of Amsterdam! 

Now, we are getting ready to go to a festival in Haarlem!