a couple weeks into my time abroad, ocean (my love!) came to amsterdam to visit me. we prepared for his arrival with all sorts of plans for projects we wanted to start, recipes we would try, and adventures to experience. he was scheduled to stay with me for two weeks so we had to make the most of the time! we became experts at navigating the busy streets of amsterdam on one bike and got lost countless times in the best ways possible.

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ocean and I developed a compulsion to try every flavor of "coolbest" - a cartoned, dutch fruit juice. some of my favorites were mango coconut, apple lemon lime, and passionfruit orange.

*psa: vegan junk food bar has amazing vegan burgers

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sometimes you can only find the best views by getting (almost) irreversibly lost.

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although mastino's pizza isn't 100% vegan, they do have five different flavors of vegan pizza - probably some of the best pizza i've had! 10/10, would eat. although it's not the most appealing pot-pie, ocean and i were pretty proud of our innovation, cooking a pizza without an oven. sadly, my kitchen in amsterdam didn't come with one, but we managed to get a toaster oven soon enough to bake some cookies and croissants. :)

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peep the inspiration we found in a random cafe!

...and one bakery's ridiculous definition of vegetarianism...

xo,

hannah

amsterdam diaries: part 2