I would like to retract a previous statement. On Sunday, September 29th at approximately 11:22am I asserted that Oktoberfest is the happiest place in the world. I am hereby demoting Oktoberfest to the title of "2nd happiest place in the world" (i.e. any place you can lie in a bed and watch Netflix with no pants on) and am giving Amsterdam the new title.

Beyond the obvious fact that there are MANY fun things to do in Amsterdam, the entire city is absolutely beautiful. After taking a breezy canal cruise through the city, we visited Anne Frank's annex. While I haven't had as much of a chance to connect with Judaism as I would like to here, I felt very strongly about seeing this big piece of history. I still don't really have words, but I am forever grateful that I was able to have this experience and I will be re-reading her diary over winter break. We cheered ourselves up by taking a trip to the red light district, which requires no added commentary.

The view from the boat. If you look at this picture from a certain angle it feels almost as if you're swimming in the canal.

I cannot take credit for this picture because the museum rules clearly stated that photography was not allowed and so I grabbed this off google instead. This holiday season I'm thankful that there are people in this world who clearly disregard authority so that moments like this can be captured forever.

We also had another chance to see a museum, in the form of the Heineken Experience. What an experience it was! We learned a lot about the history of Heineken and, more importantly, learned how to pour the perfect glass of beer. I opted out of the pouring lesson in order to maximize my beer consumption, but if I ever find myself in a situation where I have to tap a keg, I'm positive I'll do a good job.

Cheers!

It wouldn't be a blog post if I didn't talk about food, so here's a short list of yummy things I ate:
-SO MANY FRENCH FRIES
-bratwurst and currywurst
-more french fries
-nachos from some random Mexican restaurant
-more french fries
-McDonalds

French fries topped with garlic sauce aka heaven in my mouth.

Like I said in my previous post, I will be posting updates about Chur and Chamonix soon. I'm heading to Zermatt this weekend and all three cities are basically winter wonderlands / look extremely similar, so I'm going to compile them into one SUPER MONDO post.

OH also in case you were wondering, I had a lovely Hanukkah/Thanksgiving! A group of us got together to cook a great meal on the first night of Hanukkah and I've been lighting the menorah every night (shout out to Ellen thanks for the awesome gift!). Our program took us to the American International Club of Geneva's annual Thanksgiving dinner which felt less like Thanksgiving and more like a wedding reception...but there was a buffet with super yummy mashed potatoes so I'm not complaining.