Amsterdam Pt. 3

The next morning, I only worked on my essays for my graduate school applications. One thing about Amsterdam is bicycles. Bicycles are everywhere and have right of way. Absolutely let look both ways for bicycles before you step out. At the central station, there are 3 levels of parked bicycles and they are stacking on top of each other. Biking is the primary mode of transportation in Amsterdam. There are only four metro lines, there are lots of tram lines, and I do not know about busses, so biking is the best way to get around.

On the train ride back, I found out that my last train to Bremen was delayed by almost an hour. I was going to buy a ticket for the train that was coming before my train but was also an hour late, but I realized that I couldn’t do it that last minute. I considered getting on the slower train with my semester ticket. I asked a young woman when I got to the platform if I could take the late train that was arriving in a few minutes instead of my late train that was arriving in an hour. She doubted it, but she said she would ask the conductor when the train got there. She did ask the conductor, and the conductor said to go ahead on. I ended up getting back to Bremen 10 minutes before my initial estimated time! Then I had to wait for 15 minutes for my tram because the trams do not run very often on Sundays. But I was able to get back in a reasonable amount of time. I also thought that it was easier to get to the train station in Amsterdam than the airport. In Bremen, the airport is surprisingly close to the city.