The 'Dam

Day 3 (of travel, technically)
We woke up at 11 AM - Comfy couch indeed. We put away our blankets and helped do some dishes. Rob was at work, so Ferr (Rob's brother) helped us with our itinerary for the day and explained which trams to take. And we were off!
Good thing Katie paid attention to Ferr's explaining and has a generally good built in GPS system because Nicole had no clue where we were going.
We jumped on the 10 Tram to Leidesplein and strolled through the Vondelpark, one of Amsterdam's largest and finest parks. After Nicole got her pants dirty while Katie was taking a picture of her, we grabbed a couple of sandwiches and headed into the Rijksmuseum, followed by the Van Gogh Museum.
After looking at a bunch of art with swarms of other people crowding our personal space, we walked down to Albert Cuyp Straat, which houses a large farmer's market. This was much more pleasant, bring outdoors and all - which reminds me, we have been blessed with some of the best weather for Amsterdam. Clear blue skies and high 60's. - We thought about buying a few things, but realized that we have zero space in our packs for non-sensical items.
Once we strolled through the market, we would probably have gone to the heineken museum, but it has been closed all summer for renovation and doesn't re-open until October 22. So we grabbed the tram back to the boys' apartment to relax a bit before our evening excursion.
Rob came home and let us know that he, his brother, and a handfull of their friends were heading back to their hometown to hang out for the evening, and invited us along. We took the invitation as an opportunity to see a part of Holland that most travelers don't normally see. Their hometown is called Hilversum, and they described it as very "preppy." All of their friends are very nice and VERY well traveled. We went to a couple of bars, played some pool, and listened to one of their friends dj. It was low-key and a good time.
We headed back around 3 AM and once home, we pigged out to some Mác'n'cheese that we had brought for Rob (unfortunately, Rob didn't get to have any...), and went to sleep.