Day 12

Another day in Amsterdam. And it wouldn't be complete without visiting the Heineken Brewery. We started the morning off like all other mornings and walked along the canals and through some neighborhoods. I think I'm excited to leave the canal countries because I just can't take any more pictures of them! We walked for miles, at least it felt like it, and finally arrived at the Brewery. Now, they don't call it a museum or brewery anymore. It's an Experience. So we entered the Heineken Experience to learn all about the history of this world wide beer. The tour started off with the history of the first 3 generations of Heineken's and then moved on into the brewing process, something I am all too familiar with by now. We tasted the wort, which is the liquid made from cooking the barley and water. And I have to say that it was quite tasty, like a sweet corn drink. After the brewing process, we got to experience what it would be like to be brewed in a 4D simulation room. That was pretty cool, and a little wet. After we were brewed, we went to the tasting room. We learned how to properly taste the beer before moving on to the exhibits. We saw how popular Heineken was and watched clips of many movies that it was featured in, as well as commercials, sports ads and so forth. Overall, I would say it was an experience, but not quite sure if it was worth the 15 euros I paid. After the Experience, it was time for lunch. And since we were so successful yesterday with it, we decided to stop by Wok to Walk again. And it was just as good. I changed my combination today and got chicken and cashews with my fried rice. So good!! After we were completely stuffed at lunch, we cam back to the hostel for some R and R, which was much needed after my less than adequate night of sleep. We woke up just in time to head out again for our canal tour, something that I am getting rather sick of. We enjoyed a good hour and a half of the canals and the surround buildings, and even learned some interesting things about the city from our tour guide who was a native of the states. After about 20 minutes, I knew it was going to be a long and cold ride. And it was. When we finally got off the boat shivering, we knew it was time to go home. We had previously stopped by the grocery store and picked up dinner so we went straight to the hostel, with only a few picture stops. After we made dinner and watched some more TV, it was nearly bedtime. I can say that I got a good nights sleep and I'm looking forward to traveling to a different country today! Luxembourg! But I can almost certainly say that we will be stopping by our favorite Netherland Chinese take out spot for lunch today!