Rachel comes to town!

Rachel Johnson, an old friend from highschool, is living in Germany right now through 15 December. She sent word that she and a friend were coming to the Netherlands Tuesday night. So around 8.30pm I received a call that she was at my doorstep. Her friend dropped her off because he was visiting his sister outside the city. It was so exciting seeing one another; we quickly talked about what we wanted to do in the few hours we had together because they had to drive back to Germany to work in the morning. We decided to go to Amsterdam and walk around at night. But by the time we got to the train station to buy our tickets (little after 10pm) the ticket booth was closed and we didn't have enough change to buy tickets through the machines. We contemplated just getting on the train without a ticket and chancing it but there was also the problem that the last train out of Amsterdam was at midnight. Only giving us around an hour in the city. So we thought her friend could pick us up Amsterdam with his car. Except he drives a 2 seater Porsche and there would be 3 of us. So being the smart girls that we are we stayed in the ever exciting Hilversum.

It was nice though, we walked around the center city, even though everything was closed, and ventured out further than I had been before. The architecture here is wonderful; so different than any other part of Holland because the architect Dudok designed the city. We walked through neighbourhoods and found ourselves at the Raadhuis, the famous city hall. We took some pics, continued walking and popped into a nice looking bar where we had a pint of Wieckse Witte beer. We returned to my apartment sometime after midnight and Rachel and her friend left around 1.30am. We may try and meet up in Brugge, Belgium this weekend since she is leaving soon and it is Jamie's last weekend as well.