This past January, I visited The Netherlands for the first time. It was just a short trip, offered by the Law society at my university, to visit the International Criminal Court, The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY - inside and outside of which no pictures were permitted, *sigh*), and the Hall of Knights in the Hague (I'll save details for another post though). However, I also got the opportunity to explore Amsterdam (and its tram system, made slightly more complicated by the language barrier) and The Hague with some friends. We visited all the typical tourist sites, including the Anne Frank House and the 'I Am Amsterdam' sign, and took the typical touristy pictures (which I totally appreciate). Here are pictures of some of the places we visited, featuring some bikes (there are definitely more bikes than people in Amsterdam - unqualified fact), a few of the [dozens of] awesome canals we passed by, and many beautiful buil...