A flurry of wintry powder covered Amsterdam on Friday and left behind a cozy winter wonderland. Mmmmm snow! But it was even better waking up the next morning to blue skies and a freshly blanketed (and cold!) European city to explore. Christian and I grabbed a Starbucks and headed West! All of Amsterdam is beautiful but especially the Jordaan district always seems to cast a spell...and its the perfect place to lounge next to a quiet canal on a summer day (fingers-crossed for no rain this summer...pretty please?). Christian had to run off early and attend to some business-ish while I continued wandering around the canals. I am a Cali chick afterall--snow is mysterious to me! :) Me and a couple of friends battled the cold and visited Vondelpark, the Central Park of Amsterdam. The entire park looked like a Norman Rockwell painting: people skating, walking and sledding around on the frozen lake, greeting each other with laughter and smiles and all-around good cheer in the air. We couldn't help but take a walk on the lake ourselves. It's not every day ya get to walk under a bridge...I'm just crossing my fingers so I can walk ON the canals one of these days!
(*as I write this, my computer says its currently -8 right now...ah geeez)
Yep, definitely magical :)
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Jenna
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ReplyDeleteJenna: I know, right?! They picked quite a beautiful day to get married in this often rainy country! Blue skies and white snow :)
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Ahhhhh! When I was in Amsterdam in 2010, I hung out in Vondelpark every.single.day. My hostel was on one end of it (just outside of course) so I would walk (or go jogging!) through it as an alternative to walking on the street. I made so many friends there just by sitting on the grass! Seriously one of my best memories of the netherlands. It was summer then, haha :)
ReplyDeleteJust found your blog, definitely a fan! I write about adventures too :) Should we be friends?!
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Hey Daryl! I know exactly which hostel you're talkin about...and Vondelpark is basically my 2nd home during the summer months...such a cool place to chill out under the sun and you're right! It's a great place to meet people too!! If you ever make your way back to Amsterdam again and wanna hang out in Vondelpark, you know who to contact :). Consider us friended! Woot woot!
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