In the morning we gathered our belongings and did some dishes until Rob woke up. He made us pannenkoeken (pancakes- Delicious!) and took us to the train station. We wish we could have brought him with us on the rest of the trip, we like him so much! We may have convinced him to meet us in Berlin, so we'll see...
We figured out our trains and got to Rotterdam around 3:00. Katie suggested "let's find our hostel and then eat," and Nicole agreed. But once we found our hostel, we realized how close we were to the Netherlands Architecture Institue (NAI), so we said "Okay, that first, then food." The NAI was incredible, with plans and perspectives over 400 years old. We ate it up! Unfortunately we got booted out sooner than we would have liked because of closing time, otherwise we probably could have spent all day there.
Then we saw how close we were to the Euromast, so we said "That first, THEN food." The Euromast is like that spinning tower thing at Sea World, or the red tower at Six Flags. We aren't sure how high it went, but Nicole felt a little woozy about halfway up, so we didn't go any further. It had an amazing 360 degree view of the city including the port, Het park, the bridges, etc.
After that we said "Okay, we should really get some food." However, the street we were walking along became a construction zone and thus was closed so we took a detour through Het park. Once we were through the park we were really close to the Erasmus Bridge, so we said "Okay then! Bridge first, then food."
Let's just say we probably saw 75% of Rotterdam and walked about 6 miles before we fed our tummies. And guess where we ended up eating? Chinese. It's kinda tough to find dutch food places here; It's really integrated like the States.
Once our appetites were satisfied, we were happy to discover that we had walked in a giant circle through the city and were only a few blocks from our hostel. When we arrived back, we zonked out.
We figured out our trains and got to Rotterdam around 3:00. Katie suggested "let's find our hostel and then eat," and Nicole agreed. But once we found our hostel, we realized how close we were to the Netherlands Architecture Institue (NAI), so we said "Okay, that first, then food." The NAI was incredible, with plans and perspectives over 400 years old. We ate it up! Unfortunately we got booted out sooner than we would have liked because of closing time, otherwise we probably could have spent all day there.
Then we saw how close we were to the Euromast, so we said "That first, THEN food." The Euromast is like that spinning tower thing at Sea World, or the red tower at Six Flags. We aren't sure how high it went, but Nicole felt a little woozy about halfway up, so we didn't go any further. It had an amazing 360 degree view of the city including the port, Het park, the bridges, etc.
After that we said "Okay, we should really get some food." However, the street we were walking along became a construction zone and thus was closed so we took a detour through Het park. Once we were through the park we were really close to the Erasmus Bridge, so we said "Okay then! Bridge first, then food."
Let's just say we probably saw 75% of Rotterdam and walked about 6 miles before we fed our tummies. And guess where we ended up eating? Chinese. It's kinda tough to find dutch food places here; It's really integrated like the States.
Once our appetites were satisfied, we were happy to discover that we had walked in a giant circle through the city and were only a few blocks from our hostel. When we arrived back, we zonked out.
2 comments:
Ah yes, just like a coupla skinny girls to see an entire CITY before they eat a meal. ;)
Sounds really cool!
Chinese food??? Sounds like you were too tired to find good dutch food after all that walking.
That great you got to see everything within walking distance.
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