This weekend was super busy!  On Saturday Mom and Dad bought us 2 bicycles.  One of them is black and the other one is bright orange (I will post pictures later on this week). After they got home with the bikes Mom and I went to the House of Bols, and Dad and Ellie went to the torture museum.  I didn't want to go to the torture museum because that type of stuff creeps me out!  If you want to find out more about the torture museum you can email Ellie.  I'm sure she would love to hear from any of you.  Mom and I had a good time at the House of Bols.  The tour there shows you how your senses work together to influence what you taste.  

Then on Sunday we went to a small town called Zaanse Schans.   One of Dads coworkers from Bozeman came along with us, her name is Sarah too.  The town is about a 40 minute bus ride from Amsterdam's central station.  The town is so much fun!!!  We first went to the wooden shoe shop and saw them making shoes.  We even tried some of them on.  They were more comfortable than they look.  Next, we went to the cheese shop.  The cheese shop was pretty small so we didnt really get to see much.  After that we went and walked down by the windmills.  We even got to go inside one.  This was my favorite part of the day!  It was a paint making windmill.  They were grinding limestone into a powder, so that it can be use to paint the lines on football fields.  It was 5 stories, and the stairs were super steep.  Then we went to a chocolate shop.  Here we got to make our own chocolate.  First, we smashed the beans.  Then we had to get rid of all the shells from the beans.  Then we ground it and added sugar.  It was a lot of hard work and made me appreciate getting to go to the store and buy it.  After, we finished exploring the town we went to the pancake house and got some lunch.  The pancakes were different than ones in the US but they were deliscious.  

After lunch we went to the Zaanse Schans museum.  In the museum it went through the history of Zaans Schans.  There was the traditional clothing there.  Ellie even tried some on.  After we finished at the museum we got on the bus back to Amsterdam.  Once we got back Sarah, Dad and Ellie all wanted to go to the House of Bols.  Mom and I decided to tag along with them because we had so much fun the day before.  After finishing at the House of Bols we went to Leidseplein to have dinner at our favorite pizza place.  I was a super fun and exciting day, but by the time we got home we were too tired to do anything so we went to bed earily.