Day two of our stay in the beautiful city of Amsterdam was a wet one. Never have I been in a place where it can rain so abruptly. One minute the sun can be shining the next minute, torrential rain.

Today we traveled to Central Station to purchase a seven day transit pass. This gives you access to canal boats, subways, trams, trains, and busses for around 36 Euros each. We found the process of purchasing pass this complex and confusing compared with buying a transit pass in London. Here in Amsterdam they have what seems like an endless array of options...passes with the train option, without the train option, intercity only, etc. and you have to go to a different counter for many of them.

Once we figured out exactly how and where to purchase the transit pass we needed (7 day pass with all options), it was well worth it. We’re certainly getting our money’s worth out of it so far.

It was still raining so we wanted to find something to do inside. After a little help from our trusty Citymapper app we found the tram we needed to travel to Foodhallen in the Oud-West borough. Foodhallen has a variety of food stalls and shops to browse, it even houses movie theaters.

The weather cleared up a bit in the afternoon and we just set out and explored, taking many of the pictures in the slideshow above along the way. We walked well into the night, clocking in at a total of about eight miles by the time we made it back to the Airbnb.

This city of Amsterdam and its people have a way of getting into your blood. It's such a tolerant and friendly city...that is unless you step into the bike lane at the wrong time. They take their biking very seriously. A couple of days of staying in our Airbnb with access to neighborhood pubs, restaurants, and grocery stores gives you a real taste of what it’s like to live here. We have a lot more time here and many more experiences to share. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Now, to go put my feet up. They really ache from walking all day in those big orange wooden shoes (pictured in the slideshow above).

Greetings from Amsterdam!

Did you miss Part One of our adventure? If so Click Here.

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