Local Tour Guides

Wow, is travelling Europe ever fun. It is absolutely insane all the different kinds of people you meet, and the things you get to see and do.  No two countries are the same, and the cultural experience you get in each is new and exciting.  Lately, I have been in Holland and Denmark, where I have had the great fortune of having my friends from those countries show me around.

First, my friend Margit met in Amsterdam to visit and show me around to different places.  It is extremely helpful to have someone who speaks the native language, so things like directions and suggestions are much easier to get. We toured around and she showed me different typical Dutch things, such as the special plates, and in this one area the Dutch curtains. We then went to a more traditional Dutch bar.  It was really fun to go here for me, because I got to experience some Dutch music and a Dutch atmosphere.  The atmosphere was neat, and the music, well let’s just say I won’t be putting it on my iPod anytime too soon. We then went to another pub restaurant, where we had Bitterballen.  It was so good and traditionally Dutch too!  At this point, it was fairly late, so it was time to go home.  It was so enjoyable to have a local Dutch person show me around, and I thoroughly enjoyed the evening!

Houses off the Canal

The Fantastic Curtains

Traditional Dutch China Design

The statues are even ready for Dutch Soccer

Two days later, I met my friend Anja in Copenhagen.  She had to come into Copenhagen to do a few tasks, and it worked out perfect because we got to meet up.  We started off the journey by going to look at the town hall, and her and her friend told me about Tivoli and other such Danish attractions in Copenhagen.  We walked around, and went to this round tower, where we got to see a complete view of Copenhagen from way up, and it was incredible.  You could see the majority of the city, and all the different landmarks that Copenhagen had to offer.   We then went to an area of Copenhagen called Nyhavn, and enjoyed ice cream on the canal by the docks.  It was such an enjoyable relaxing day, I enjoyed it thorougly!

Anja and I at City Hall!

Copenhagen from the top

Nyhavn

Boat in the Canal of Nyhavn

I would like to take this oppurtunity to thank my tourguides in each of the cities.  I really appreciate the time you took to show me around, to give me a traditional experience.  An update on my travels, I am now in Lensvik Norway, with another friend visiting, to also get a traditional Norwegian experience :)