After a quick lunch of bread and cheese at Delirium, we rushed to Bruxelles-Nord to catch our Flixbus to Amsterdam. Having woken up very early that morning, I slept for almost the entirety of the bus ride but managed to catch glimpses of windmills and Belgian farmlands. Our first course of action at Amsterdam was to get a day tram/bus pass for 7 euros, catch a bus to the central station, and check in to Bob's Youth Hostel-- a small but tall building with sticker-covered walls and the steepest spiral stairs I've ever climbed (like most staircases in Amsterdam). 

We left soon to grab a bite to eat and roam the streets of Amsterdam, go to the Anne Frank house, and marvel at the city's night life and lights.