Of Paris and Amsterdam

Saturday 22 November
Exhausted, again. We spent the entire day travelling all across Paris, being led by my sister to see some of the tourist spots, but also some of the not so tourist-y spots. All I can say is, we went everywhere. I can't begin to list the places, nor can I guarantee correct spelling, so I shall just leave it out. The pictures can explain it when they come.

Paris is awesome. That is all for now.


Sunday 23 November
We took the metro from near our hostel to the North Paris station, where we took the Thalys (a fast train) to Amsterdam. It was supposed to travel at around 300km/h, and I am pretty sure it did! This is the second time I have travelled on this train, but it was cool nonetheless.

You know what awaited us in Amsterdam? Snow.

That's right: SNOW. From desert to snow in three days. Talk about major climate change! And it isn't even winter here yet.

So we must freeze, apparently.


Tuesday 25 November
The past two days we have done a lot of stuff around Amsterdam. Yesterday mum wasn't feeling too great--she still hasn't fully recovered, though I think the malaria has gone. Continued prayer would be great. Anyway, we have done lots of travelling around the place, looking at stuff such as the Anne Frank House, eating Dutch food. (Oh, man, I love Dutch food...)

Oh yeah, we also got to see Noah's Ark--the one here in Amsterdam that has been built according to how it says in the Bible, just scaled down. That was cool. The real one was supposedly twice as long and three times as wide. They are building a full size one at the moment, in Rotterdam (another part of Holland). Once that is done, they plan to take it around the world. That will be incredible.

So we are enjoying Holland at the moment. Have a lot planed for the next few days. It is cool to be back here, seeing where mum grew up (I have been to Holland only once before, for two weeks). But I must saying, my energy is running out quickly. Soon I will just want to get home.

Compared to Paris, Amsterdam is not as nice, in my opinion so far. I loved Paris, I loved Holland in general, but Amsterdam? Not that great. Amsterdam is cool, but no where near as nice as Paris, and the general feeling, atmosphere, whatever, is not as great. Also, the public transport is a heck of a lot more efficient in Paris. But hey, it's still awesome to be here.