Just me and one of my best friends.

Three days basically revolving around food.

And, honestly, three of the most relaxing days I’ve had in a while.

Day 1

The departure

The alarm went off at 5 am.

Made some tea, got dressed, make up done.

Warm pastries at the station for breakfast.

Read Hollow City by Ransom Riggs on the train.

Arrived in Antwerp station and had another cup of tea.

Then read some more all the way to Amsterdam.

The arrival

First thing was first: metro/tram tickets for three days. Best investment we could’ve made.

First top tip: If you’re thinking of going to Amsterdam, I definitely recommend you get a ticket seeing that it’s valid for the busses, trams and metros. There are ticket machines in and outside of the station so it’s not hard to find.

The hostel

Took a metro, walked a bit and there we were.

Shoutout to the kind man who showed us the way, after that we never had to google the way again.

Second top tip: go to a hostel that’s outside the city center. It's cheaper and save some money where you can, cause Amsterdam is hella expensive. 

We got a room in ViaAmsterdam, with six beds.

As it was my first time in a hostel, I was slightly apprehensive but there was no need for that.
It was clean and spacious.
The beds were amazing.
The interior design of the reception and restaurant, called The Dude, was just fabulous.
Couldn’t recommend it more.
We checked in, dropped off our luggage and off we went.
                                                                             

The Van Gogh Museum

The reason we planned the trip in the first place.

My favorite painter.

Not the cheapest museum, but my god was it worth it.

Finally made me decide on my next tattoo: a sunflower.

Needs some more thought and planning, but it’s happening.

                   

                                       The Avocado Show

Lunch.

Important part of the day.

We had googled this restaurant beforehand and just knew we had to go there.

 Little did we know we were going to go there Every. Single. Day. With no regrets. Cause love me some avocados.

First day: Nacho’s and pumpkin hummus on toast with an avocado rose.

It was gorgeous. 

All the dishes were.

And most important, it was bloody damn delicious.

The Moco Museum

A spur of the moment decision.

There was a Banksy and Lichtenstein exhibition that we couldn’t resist. 

The Hard Rock Café

Neither of us had been in a Hard Rock Café.

We went in with the intention of having one drink before heading back to the hostel to get ready for dinner.

After two hours, two very strong cocktails and a lot of judging directed at the very young girls flirting shamelessly with the very old bartender, we finally headed back.

The Bad Pizza

We headed out to dinner quite late and even though I wasn’t in the mood for anything, we ended up in a little pizza restaurant in one of the side streets of the Leidseplein.

Now listen closely, top tip number three: Never, I repeat, never go have dinner in any one of those restaurants. It’s the second time we’ve been to one of those pizza places and both times we were exceptionally disappointed.

Ordered onion rings, a pizza to share and two glasses of water.

The onion rings were good. The pizza cold. The water overpriced.

Just all around nah.

The Café

Some wine was needed after our disappointing dinner so wine we got.

Kinda loud, not the best service, but boy oh boy did they have some good wine.
If only we had known that was their sushi night, we would've had dinner there instead of some bad pizza.

And that, was our first day.
We headed back to the hostel, washed up, and slept like a babies.

Tune back in tomorrow for day two.