Amsterdam

When Brian and I first decided to take a European vacation we wanted to go for a couple of weeks and visit a few different countries. Those plans fell through when my parents asked us to go to Costa Rica with them in December. My parents purchased a time share back in November of this year and have an all expensive paid vacation that they need to use by January 2010. I personally am not comfortable letting them out of the country by themselves and I feel obligated to go with them to make sure nothing happens.

So instead of taking a two week vacation to Europe we ended up talking a 9 day vacation that turned into ten days when our plane was delayed in Munich. The airline that we flew on is based out of The Netherlands and they only have two flights from Amsterdam to SFO each day. By the time we made it to Amsterdam our connecting flights had already departed. Although I was looking forward to having all day Sunday to relax before I headed back to work I was even more excited when I found out the airline would be paying us to explore another country. I can't say that Amsterdam was on my list of places to visit but I was pleasantly surprised. Its a beautiful city with a lot of history to offer.