Amsterdam Day 2

Day 6  We slept in this morning and then Robbie and I went to Bloemenmarkt , it is the floating flower market. It was actually smaller than I thought it would be. It's geared towards tourist. There were some gorgeous fresh flowers and plants. I didn't buy any tulip bulbs because I'm not sure we can bring them home.  I was very proud that we were able to navigate our way there and even took a tram and a bus. We also had stopped in at Central station to get some money. It seems everything here is so complicated. We had to have a credit card with a chip card in it, so we also bought one of those. I had to use the restroom, so I found one in Central station, but it cost 50 cents, I had a 50 euro bill and 20 cents.  After some cursing, I just decided to hold it.  We then met up with Jill and Emily, we met for coffee. The coffee house had a sign that said you needed a chip card, and didn't take cash, we thought we were all good, turns out they didn't take the kind of chip card we got. So Emily had to run down the street to her bank and put more money on her card and pay. Oh my, we were so frustrated. We then went to see the I Amsterdam sign. We left there and went to the Van Gogh Museum. Jill was sad and missing Walter. We had seen dogs playing in the water pool in front of the Amsterdam sign. We left there and had pancakes and Poffertjes. We then went to rent our bikes. Emily thought we should try it. It's how everyone gets around here. Jill was terrified to try, I was pretty concerned. Robbie seemed excited. We got to the bike rental place and then realized they wanted a 50 € deposit per bike plus the two days rental, of course they only took cash! We of course didn't have enough! It's just how this day was going. We had enough for the deposit, so they let us go with that. We got a quick lesson on locking them up and we were off.  By this time it's rush hour and we are headed to the library and we had to go through traffic, it was pretty scary. At a stop light Jill turns to me and says, " remember how much I hated the crowded tube in London, well, I would rather be there"! We made it to the library and it is the coolest library I have ever been too. It also has great views of the city from its top floor. The girls rode to our house with us, then they left to go to their concert. Jill was not in a good mood. Robbie and I went to the market and then decided to go get tickets for the Anne Frank house for tomorrow. The website said you need a printer to purchase online. It was sprinkling when we left. We found it fine,it was raining harder though. I ran in to get the tickets only to be told they don't sell them for the next day and to get them online.  I said " so I biked in the rain and I can't get tickets? " The poor girl was nice. We then started back and the monsoon hit, we waited under an awning, until it let up some, made it back, completely soaked. I was laughing so hard, the whole day seemed to always have something go wrong. Oh well, a bad day of vacation is better than a good day at work. We then got some yummy pizza, skyped with dad and wrote a blog post. Time for bed,my legs are so tired!