Back in Germany - Part I & Holland!

So before Bremen and Hamburg we were in Berlin for almost a week staying with friends who were kind enough to share their one bedroom apartment with us. It was Zac’s first time in Berlin so we did some of the touristy stuff like going to see the Brandenburg gate etc. The weekend we spent at different markets including one at Mauer park on Sunday which is absolutely massive and sells everything and anything. We went to the Sony Centre in Berlin to watch a movie as Zac googled that they show English language movies there, and it was nice to do something that we would normally do at home after 2 (?) months of traveling. We ate Kepabs (apparently invented by Berlin’s Turkish community) almost every day as they are SO delicious and fresh tasting in Berlin and for less than 3 Euro!

Boys, Beers & Trains in Berlin

Sony Centre

We spent 2 nights in Heidelberg, Germany, after having driven through the Blackforest with a stop in Baden-Baden to check out the Roman bath ruins and enjoy a slice of blackforest cake - yum! I showed Zac the spot where my mum’s families’ house used to be in Heidelberg, it was in an area that is now new apartments so sadly the house no longer remains, but I still love going back there, it’s such an absolutely beautiful city.

Little cutie!

The day before driving through the Blackforest we stumbled across Germany's largest themepark, Europa Park, which is just how I imagine Disneyland to be - it was awesome! At the end of the day we both felt pretty sick from all the sweets and having spent so much time on roller-coasters. There must’ve been almost ten different roller-coasters there and they were all so cool, one of them went backwards and one of them was in the dark with strobe lighting- total puke material but super awesome!

…Yes I know I’m blogging about Germany in reverse and it’s confusing but that’s because I’ve been unorganized this week, but it’s my blog and I can do what I want basically, so my apologies as this may not be the last time this happens….

After Bremen we headed to Amsterdam and stayed there 2 nights in a caravan park only a 15min tram ride outside of the centre. Our first night we went into the city and got so stoned we couldn’t work out how to get the tram back again. I remember staring at the map at central station of the tram lines, squinting at it in the hope that that would put it in focus, after what felt like 20 minutes of squinting I said to Zac “what the f*%! is this anyway?”.  After some time spent in this manner we realized we were going to have to get a cab home so it turned out to not be a cheap night out but pretty darn funny. Walking around Amsterdam where bikes have right of way and scooters and motorbikes often use the footpath was pretty freaky and even moreso when you’re bent.

Our camp spot on the water in Amsterdam

Cute Skinny-Minnie Buildings

 

The dude next to me looks totally jealous

Just the other day we fell into some luck and we’ve managed to find ourselves staying in a mate’s bosses holiday home an hour north of Amsterdam in northern Holland on the beach. It’s actually a really nice cozy place too that has absolutely everything you’d need (except the internet). 

Our Dutch beach house!

The Netherlands is so beautiful at the moment with all the tulip fields in bloom it's just a rainbow of colour everywhere - just impossible to be sad!