August 28

We woke up pretty late today because it was a late night last night.  Today we did some walking tours that Joe's guidebook had in it and got to get around the city pretty well.  It was a lot of walking to be sure, but I took comfort in the fact that I had lunch at a 'Wok to Walk' restaurant, which was similar to Mongolian BBQ, but as takeout.  It was delicious, and we ate, sitting behind the 'I amsterdam' sign/sculpture.  Like I said, our day consisted of a lot of walking and seeing the canals and houses, which start to look a lot alike.  Joe tried some herring on a bun as well.  We visited the Anne Frank house later in the evening to avoid the line, which only kind of worked.  It was quite amazing to see the place, even though the tree had fallen down a couple of weeks ago, which was unfortunate.  Following that, we found a Dutch grocery store and got some sandwich stuff, as well as some yummy waffley things that have a caramelly inside, like we had at Rob's house.  It was a pretty cheap meal, and quite filling actually.  We went back to the hostel and went to sleep around 12 tonight instead of 4 for the first time in 3 days.  Probably a good choice, because the day before was pretty dreadful until I took a nap.