Day 3

Good morning! We've uploaded all our photos to a site called smug mug. You can access the link here:

http://wixadventures.smugmug.com/

Thank you to Rick Rutter and Denah Taggart for the idea!

Shout out to UCA who is 'blog stalking' us. Get to work!! Big event on Thursday!

Had breakfast at a cafe directly behind our apartment. The menu was in all dutch but the lady who served us and owned the restaurant helped us along. Nate ordered a Dutch version of french toast. No syrup, just plenty of brown sugar. And my 'breakfast' grilled cheese sandwich was delish! Good start to the day!

The Heineken Experience was next on our list. The brewery isn't at this location anymore but Heineken did a great job of recreating the brewing experience without having to smell all the nasty smells that come along with beer making. During the tour we played along in a virtual bottle ride which showed us every step along the brewing process. Afterward we had three nice tall glasses of Heineken and relaxed!

The weather has been pretty nasty for our entire trip. Low to high 60's with rain or overcast. So, we did lots of walking around for most of yesterday's afternoon. We took our first trip to the 'Red Light District' and we think we'll leave that description for each of you to figure out on your own... Let's just say Amsterdam is pretty lax on most laws. Pictures were out of the question unless we wanted our camera broken by a local.

For dinner we stayed in our neighborhood and walked to a brewery that was recommended by our flight attendant called Brouwerij 't IJ. The brewery was filled with locals having a drink after work. People are even invited to bring there dogs into the building for happy hour. There were over 10 different beers to choose from - all brewed at the location. We had the Plzen and Columbus. Check out their brews at: http://www.brouwerijhetij.nl/producten_en.htm. The best thing about Brouwerij 't IJ is that it's connected to the De Gooyer windmill - built in the 1800's.

After happy hour, we walked over to the nearby Langendijk eetcafe for a nice dinner (hamburger and salad! Hamburger was mooing). It was a fun night in the midst of the Dutch culture.