Day 6: We figured out how many days and DAM it's awesome

Ah, so here we are sound and safe, completely settled into our hotel and falling in love with Amsterdam. After leaving Brussels yesterday we took a train into Amsterdam Centraal. Finally we were having the weather we had hoped for all trip, sunny and warm, so we both agreed to take the day to just soak in where we are and how beautiful it is.
Our hotel, The Orange Tulip is right next to the famous Red Light District and Dam Square, a perfect location for sightseeing and shopping. We spent all day yesterday wandering around the different neighborhoods and finding small cafe's to take in the sights. Our first cafe was right next to the first Canal, near the largest bridge in Amsterdam and a monument to Multatuli (apparently some really boring Capitalist writer that all Dutch kids have to read but is utterly BORING to anyone who isn't from The Netherlands). After being ignored by the server for an hour, apparently the Dutch aren't attentive servers and can't multitask, we explored the red light district, tried the local cuisine of Dutch Bitter Balls (DELICIOUS!) and then sat around Dam Square.
Today we woke up, got our free breakfast from two down on their luck soccer fans, lamented the fact that there's still no hair straightener, and then hopped on down to go on a FREE walking tour of the city. Starting in the red light district, we saw some coffee shops, Amsterdam's smallest house (literally not even 6 feet across), some historic sites, the first gay monument (the homomonument), ate at a place that had whole wheat bread and Pepsi MAX (both things i haven't had since i got here) and then ended the tour with the Anne Frank House.
We are both sporting sun tans after 3 hours in the sun and also have a much better understanding of the city.
Amsterdam is by far the most beautiful city we've been to, and already becoming my favorite. Melissa and I are taking in the sites and NOT getting on each others nerves as some had warned.
Hopefully today we'll track down two of my friends, and Wednesday we're going to meet up with another old friend of mine before we take a midnight bus to Berlin.

As for now, there's still 6 hours of sunlight (yes, the sun goes down around 11pm this time of year) and we plan on enjoying every second of it.
Bubblegum and blueberries,
Tori