Binder Family Travel Adventures

After an exhausting first day in Amsterdam we all slept in for our first morning (Matthew won, sleeping 13 hours). After a full night’s rest, we got ready and had some traditional Dutch pancakes for breakfast. Turns out they are not as good as American pancakes (and Flemish fries are fine but not that special).

After breakfast, we went to the Dutch Resistance museum, which talked about numerous individuals’ stories during WWII. Shockingly, the kids seemed to enjoy it and did not complain.

Then we went to Artis, the local zoo. We enjoyed the planetarium show. When you are all exhausted, don’t watch a show in the dark. We all almost fell asleep. We stopped by the chicken house where they raise chickens. We even saw a baby chick that hatched that very day. I know what you’re thinking – chickens seem like an odd animal at the zoo. The guy finished explaining the process by noting the chickens are fed to the other animals at the zoo…. At least the chicks were really cute.

After the zoo we rode the tram back to the city center and ate dinner at a place called Bistro Amsterdam where David and I got traditional stampots. The kids also have been trying the local cuisine and loving it (cheeseburgers and fries – see earlier comment on fries).

After dinner, we finished our evening with a boat ride in the canals, because no trip to Amsterdam would be complete without a boat ride in the canals.