During our stay in Oslo, I felt that we needed to do something a little more physical than just walking around and going into every shop that Izzy found something appealing in. I expressed this opinion to my parents and they told me "find something then". This is when I stumbled upon "Sherlocked" the #1 escape room in Amsterdam. An escape room is an activity in which you are locked in a room, (usually very spacious) and are left to find clues and work as a team in order to escape the room. In "Sherlocked", you are locked in the office of H.P. Berlage; an architect in the Secret Society of the Crossed Keys. I'll refrain from spoiling the puzzles. I will say however, that if you don't work together, it is impossible to escape. We did not escape.
After we escaped via time limit, we hopped on a train to spend the day in Brussels, Belgium. As we walked through the busy street on our way to city center, my mom felt it necessary to stop in every chocolate shop to get sweets for the rest of the family in Italy. Eventually we made it through the minefield of cocoa and made it to the beautiful city center which contained two large castles, and many other buildings coated with golden decor. We decided to sit down and eat lunch at a French place where everybody seemed to be smoking. It made me consider that America wasn’t as bad off as some other people when it came to health.
After the train ride back to Amsterdam, we collapsed in our beds and had a good night of sleep. The next morning, we went to a breakfast place that served exclusively toast appropriately named “Toasted”, and I would definitely recommend it. After breakfast, we hopped on our bikes to spend the rest of the day exploring Vondelpark. We rode around a little bit, and then decided to set up a picnic. We made our way down to a grassy area and dumped out our bag of food. As we unpackaged all of the meat and cheeses, dogs of all shapes and sizes started to greet us. Izzy named one Mr. Schnitzel for obvious reasons. We finished up our day with a bike ride around the park 3 times, and collapsed in the beds.
From a teenager’s point of view, they were a great few days. Originally I had thought that Belgium would have been bland and boring, however, it turned out to be a nice experience with some good chocolate.
After the train ride back to Amsterdam, we collapsed in our beds and had a good night of sleep. The next morning, we went to a breakfast place that served exclusively toast appropriately named “Toasted”, and I would definitely recommend it. After breakfast, we hopped on our bikes to spend the rest of the day exploring Vondelpark. We rode around a little bit, and then decided to set up a picnic. We made our way down to a grassy area and dumped out our bag of food. As we unpackaged all of the meat and cheeses, dogs of all shapes and sizes started to greet us. Izzy named one Mr. Schnitzel for obvious reasons. We finished up our day with a bike ride around the park 3 times, and collapsed in the beds.
From a teenager’s point of view, they were a great few days. Originally I had thought that Belgium would have been bland and boring, however, it turned out to be a nice experience with some good chocolate.
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