Amsterdam, Day One

HELLO EVERYONE, 


Apparently something came up last minute at Travel and Leisure and Vogue Travel and my feature articles were cancelled (psh, magazines these days...)...so instead of documenting my travels for those publications, I will be doing so here. 


Enjoy, 
Emily

THURSDAY

9:30PM - Take-Off! We took Iceland Air with one 1-hour stopover in Reykjavik. Flight attendants on Iceland Air are perfection - they wear scarves, skirts, poncho jackets (!!!!) and adorable caps. Iceland Air planes are also amazing - almost better than JetBlue (shh!!) they have HD touch screen TV's, with so many free movies and shows, etc. The flights were perfect. 

LET'S GAH LET'S GAH

FRIDAY:

12:30PM - Landing! (6:30PM USA Time) We both slept on the plane and woke-up ready to take on the day in Amsterdam! We had the hotel pick us up at the airport and it went seamlessly. We hopped in our van and were delivered to the hotel (buy a decently cute man in a suit - sry Zach love u). 

1:00PM - Arrival at the Hotel! We are staying at the Park Hotel in Amsterdam - it is right in the museum district so we have all the popular museums (Van Gogh Museums, Rijksmuseum, Moco Museum) - great place to stay. It is on the outskirts of all of the canals, but you can see them from the hotel window, so its a great area.

We couldn't check-in when we arrived, so we decided to take a walk around the block. Behind us is the luxury shopping street (I didn't plan this, I swear...or maybe I did). In front of us is all of the canals - which we decided to venture into. We went to a Cafe (NOT a coffeeshop...cafes are coffee, coffeeshops are weed, BE WARNED). We order some coffee and pancakes (a delicacy here in Amsterdam - I believe they are made with buckwheat...must do more investigation). 

3:00PM: After we ate we went back to the hotel and checked into the room. The room is perfect and has the most DELICIOUSLY comfortable bed of all time. It has a desk and a TV and closet. The bathroom is large with black marble tiles and a rain shower (HOLLAH) - great for us. 

5:00PM: After getting settled in the room, showering and unpacking, we went out on the town. We had a canal cruise scheduled for anytime between 5-9, so we moseyed down to the canal, popping into stores along the way. Our two favorites: a cheese store (Amsterdam Cheese Store) and an ice cream store (forget the name) were our favorites (obviously there is a dairy situation going on here). We taste-tested at both places and purchased some snacks to take with us on the canal cruise. We walked the streets and looked in peoples windows (they leave their blinds up - it's a THING).

SHUTTER GOALS


CHEESE SHOPPING

I JUST BOUGHT THIS HOUSE. JK. BUT CAN I PLZ?

COME INTO MY HOUSE PLEASE.

DOORBELL SITUATION ON FLEEK

I DREAMT ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT.

BOATS AND HO(M)ES

THIS IS LITERALLY FROZEN CREAM. OTHERWORLDLY.

7:00PM: We arrived at the canal cruise and hopped on board. It was a long boat - short in height- that was completely covered with windows. They had picnic table seating on board and headphones to listen in on the tour. All-in-all we thought the tour was just okay, but it was a nice starting point for getting yourself familiar with a new city. 

MOM ON THE TOUR BOAT

CANAL VIEWS

8:00PM: We departed the boat and attempted to find a restaurant. It's very difficult to navigate anything in Amsterdam because it seems like pedestrians, bikers (the largest population of bike riders I've ever seen is here in Amsterdam), moped-ers, trams, and drivers are basically all fighting for the same road. It's INSANE. I've almost been killed 13 times - its hard to look chic, navigate a new city, and watch where your walking at the same time - amiright?

THEY CALL THIS A STREET IN AMSTERDAM

9:00PM: We sat down for dinner at the cutest place called Luden on some random street. I have no idea how we got there - we wandered for a while. How did we pick this place? The yellow and white awning, of course! You can always tell a restaurant by its awning. It was delicious - wooden tables, simple flower arrangements - it felt farm to table although it wasn't. They did not, however, have cell phone chargers for customers - unlike New York City. I found this offensive at first, but I am ok with it now.  My phone OBVIOUSLY died in lieu of this and we were stranded in Amsterdam, helpless women just trying to fit in. We had cocktails and desserts and we felt happy. 

10:30PM: We left the restaurant and then basically tried to navigate with whit, memory and also PAPER MAPS (it was insane, I know). After getting lost for a minute or fifteen, we found our way back to the hotel. 

We then passed out. On the most comfortable bed. 

Day one was a ten. 
Emily 

metallic palettes

Sweater/Pants/Necklace (sold out) /Shoes J.Crew

A lighter clothing palette comes with the warmer weather in NYC and I'm obsessed with mixing pastels and metallics for the ultimate color/texture/life combo. Currently, I'm battling the warm-outside-but=subzero-temperatures-in-the-office situation and this outfit works to fulfill my summertime wardrobe desires while keeping me alive and functioning at work.