Hi all.
Tonight is our last night in Amsterdam and we've decided to take it easy and confirm to you that we're still alive. Amsterdam has been interesting - today we visited the Van Gogh museum and I have to be honest, I still found it boring. Sorry, paintings just aren't my thing. We also visited the Resisitance Museum, which highlighted the awful choices people had in the Nerthlands during the war.
The most emotional visit so far on this trip was to Anne Frank's house. Here was this little girl and all she wanted to do was to go outside and live her life and instead she was trapped in a house becuase people she'd never met wanted to kill her, and all of her kind. I understand why her book has sold so well, it puts a human face on the tragedy.
On a lighter note, I am currently staying in a christan youth hostel - this is a place with Bibles everywhere and notes about God lying around the place. You can guess I'm not feeling that comfortable there, but the people are nice and thankfully there's no curfew.
Christmas away from home was strange, it really just felt like another day one in which pretty much all the shops were closed, but a normal day nevertheless.
We've met some interesting people so far, I seem to have a knack for finding fellow Aussies and back when we were staying at a youth hostel with a bar, we had two crazy Italian companions who soon became our drinking buddies. We all spent christmas night together and had a pretty good night (pity the morning wasn't so).
Were off to Berlin tomorrow, which should be a fun 6 hour train ride.
I hope this finds you all well.
Cheers Michael
2 comments:
Dear Michael,
Sorry the Van GoghMuseum does nothing for you. He is really a very interesting man but you may grow to like his paintings yet.
Glad you saw the Anne Frank House. We'll get you a copy of her diaries. I like the sound of the Resistance Museum and will go there if we ever get to the Netherlands.
You can guess how Ralph would react to your hostel, but you don't have to read the material lying around and if the people are nice that makes a difference to your stay.
We got your telephone message and are very sorry we missed you. Ralph was out at the library and I was 'visiting' Jane in the hospice although she had no idea I was there.
We also missed you last night. We have lots of roast meat and potatoes left over most Sundays now without your help.
Look after yourself,
Love and cheers, Judy and Ralph
Dear Michael and Daniel,
Glad to speak to you this morning. Hope you can find some warm gear to cope with the cold in Berlin. Will be in touch soon. Love Mum
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