{"id":6315,"date":"2016-07-26T12:53:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T10:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/?p=6315"},"modified":"2018-07-09T22:47:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T20:47:17","slug":"10-hours-in-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10-hours-in-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"10 hours in Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">Amazing Amsterdam &#8230; the city simply enchants me every time with its narrow streets, flower market and canals\u00a0meandering through the town.\u00a0One year ago I visited Amsterdam for the first time together with my mum (read about it <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em><a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/2015\/dark-pleasure\/\">here<\/a><\/em><\/span>) and this year I came back with one of my best friends Caro\u00a0and we had exactly 10 hours to see as much of Amsterdam as possible!<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6344 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-24.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-24.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-24-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hungry we got out of the ICE, after the two hour train ride, and left Amsterdam Centraal on the hunt\u00a0for food!\u00a0We eventually discovered a little Cafe called Vinnies where we sat down and ordered breakfast. I opted for their overnight outs with fresh fruits. Super delicious!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\" data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6316 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 6\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6341 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-27-1024x782.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 27\" width=\"950\" height=\"725\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6319 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 3\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6320 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 2\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6321 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-1-1024x739.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 1\" width=\"950\" height=\"686\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6318 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-4-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 4\" width=\"950\" height=\"626\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Vinnies,\u00a0Haarlemmerstraat 46 Amsterdam<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333300; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fortified by our brunch we explored the shopping streets and flower markets of Amsterdam.\u00a0We strolled past thousand of cheese shops, small concept stores and finally ended at a beautiful flower market. Where I had to squeeze in a little photo session with the baby cactuses. I&#8217;m sorry for the overload of cactus photos but how adorable and colorful are those?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6363 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-8_bearbeitet-1-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 8_bearbeitet-1\" width=\"950\" height=\"674\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6343 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-25-1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 25\" width=\"950\" height=\"674\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6338 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-18-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 18\" width=\"950\" height=\"701\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6336\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-20-870x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 20\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1178\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6344 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-24-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 24\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-22.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 22\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-22.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-22-800x1120.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A little exhausted from all the walking, we finally made it to the cafe Pluk for lunch. Next to a variety of salads and sandwiches they also serve smoothie bowls and sweet treats like brownies. Both of us took the tropical smoothie bowls and I also ordered an avocado sandwich\u00a0which unfortunately couldn&#8217;t keep up with the delicious smoothie bowl. The cafe Pluk has high prices but a nice ambiance and sweet concept.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\" data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6325 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-111-1024x719.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 11\" width=\"950\" height=\"667\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6335 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-12-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 12\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6333 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-14-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 14\" width=\"950\" height=\"672\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6360 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-35_bearbeitet-1.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 35_bearbeitet-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1200\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-35_bearbeitet-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-35_bearbeitet-1-800x960.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6332 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-15-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 15\" width=\"950\" height=\"622\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6340 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-16-1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 16\" width=\"950\" height=\"674\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6339 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-17-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 17\" width=\"950\" height=\"673\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pluk,\u00a0Reestraat 19 Amsterdam<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">To avoid more\u00a0walking\u00a0we got us two tickets for a boat tour through the\u00a0canals of Amsterdam.\u00a0Unfortunately we decided us for the most visited tour like anyone else but eventually came on the boat after a little well rather a long amount of waiting. So you probably want to do a little research before you just buy the cheapest tickets you can find like us. The tour was nice though, we went through the small canals,\u00a0marveled old buildings and passed many house servants. A great way to end our day in Amsterdam!<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"811\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6337 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-19.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 19\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-19.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-19-800x541.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6326 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-10-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 10\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6365 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-31_bearbeitet-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 31_bearbeitet-1\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6367 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-33_bearbeitet-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 33_bearbeitet-1\" width=\"950\" height=\"634\" \/ data-imagelightbox=\"g\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6366 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Amsterdam-28_bearbeitet-1-1024x719.jpg\" alt=\"Amsterdam - 28_bearbeitet-1\" width=\"950\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\">I also filmed a short vlog during our Amsterdam trip, which you can watch now on my Youtube channel! I hope you enjoy the video just as much as I had fun making it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">W A T C H \u00a0M E \u00a0G O \u00a0T O \u00a0A M S T E R D A M :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gr9HJqKBkv0?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazing Amsterdam &#8230; the city simply enchants me every time with its narrow streets, flower market and canals\u00a0meandering through the town.\u00a0One year ago I visited Amsterdam for the first time together with my mum (read&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10-hours-in-amsterdam\/\" class=\"more-link\">View Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6315"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9949,"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6315\/revisions\/9949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fabiennemaxi.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}