Bon Voyage!

So the day is finally here! We will depart at 12:30 from GSP with a connection in Detroit. Barring everything goes smoothly in Detroit with no inclement weather delays, we'll be in Amsterdam tomorrow morning! Because we will arrive in Amsterdam around 5:30 AM (their time), we've decided to be quite ambitious and visit the Van Gogh Museum on our first day! Some of the museums we will be visiting are closed on odd days (Monday, Wednesday), so in order to make everything work we're going to dive into the largest collection of Van Gogh in the world! Not only does the Van Gogh museum have the largest collection of Van Gogh in the world, but it also has other 19th century works to compare it to.

Top 3 things we're looking forward to in Amsterdam:

1- Van Gogh Museum--to a certain extent, it seems like actually seeing a Van Gogh piece is like light at the end of the tunnel. Even though this is just the beginning of the trip, it will be so rewarding to finally see the pieces of what we have spent all our time until this point researching!

2- White bikes-- If not actually taking part in the bike culture of Amsterdam, at least observing. (Kemper Wray's scar stories of biking in Amsterdam definitely puts a cautionary tone on the prospect of it!)

3-Cafe culture -- Kelsey may have to endure my chemical addiction, but perhaps this way it will be more enjoyable than a mcDonald's drive thru.