day one

Day one was all about trying to stay awake.

We arrived at the airport a little before noon, but it took nearly a hour to get our luggage, do passports, and figure out how to get a train to central Amsterdam. When we arrived at our hotel, I took a two hour nap.

We decided to take a canal cruise of the city, because then we could stay seated and not really expend any energy. Which we needed to save for sleeping. While the cruise was pleasant and informative, it was also quiet and rolled gently in the water, which nearly lulled us both to sleep. But not before we saw a Botel. You know, a boat hotel. Duh.

For dinner, I first got some fries, and then we chose some food at an Indian restaurant (they are all over the place), but apparently we ordered too little so they wouldn't seat us and we had to do take-away. Fine. We took away the food to our hotel, gobbled it up, and fell fast asleep.